Child and slave labor are often interchangeable throughout developing nations. Unfortunately, this kind of labor is common in ...

Mars, the chocolate giant that makes M&Ms and Snickers, uses cocoa that is harvested by children as young as five years old in Ghana, according to a bombshell report. An unidentified whistleblower ...

Chocolate bars may have shot up in price but West Africa's cocoa farmers are facing economic ruin.

WASHINGTON -- Child welfare advocates filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to force the Biden administration to block imports of cocoa harvested by children in West Africa. The lawsuit, ...

According to World Bank trade data and Nigeria’s export council, over 60% of Nigeria’s cocoa heads to Europe and about 8% to the U.S. and Canada. OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Men in dusty ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KABC) -- Chocolate makers are trying to get ahead of climate change. That involves food scientists researching new ways to grow cocoa beans. The company California Cultured is ...

Child welfare advocates filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to force the Biden administration to block imports of cocoa harvested by children in West Africa that can end up in America’s ...

Cocoa futures hit a 44-year high, surging to $3,786 per metric ton on Monday, as hotter, drier weather patterns stunt the growth of the cacao bean crop. The warmer, less humid climate in cocoa-growing ...

Cocoa bean fermentation is a complex and dynamic microbiological process that transforms harvested cocoa pods into precursors essential for flavour and quality in chocolate production. This process ...

As the world's demand for chocolate grows, cocoa farmers in Nigeria are moving into protected areas of a forest reserve that is home to endangered species like African forest elephants. Over the ...