Fine Chocolate in Brazil, Home of the Cacao Bean
A new generation of craft chocolate makers in Brazil is creating bars with “identity.” And they’re helping to sustain the forest, too.
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Candy Companies Are Quietly Cutting Down on Cocoa to Save Money
As climate change has helped push cocoa prices higher, companies are changing candy recipes in subtle ways.
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit … look away now
Club and Penguin bars are now ‘chocolate flavour’ after owner McVitie’s cuts cocoa content amid soaring pricesIf you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit you can no longer join our Club or pick up a Penguin, as the lunchbox favourites have reduced t…
Shrinkflation bites as boxes of Quality Street and Celebrations lose weight
Toblerone and Chocolate Orange also smaller this year after poor cocoa harvests in Africa raise cost of raw materialsTucking into a box of Quality Street or Celebrations is a Christmas tradition.But as this year’s supply arrives in British supermarkets…
Shrinkflation bites as boxes of Quality Street and Celebrations lose weight
Toblerone and Chocolate Orange also smaller this year after poor cocoa harvests in Africa raise cost of raw materialsTucking into a box of Quality Street or Celebrations is a Christmas tradition.But as this year’s supply arrives in British supermarkets…
Shrinkflation bites as boxes of Quality Street and Celebrations lose weight
Toblerone and Chocolate Orange also smaller this year after poor cocoa harvests in Africa raise cost of raw materialsTucking into a box of Quality Street or Celebrations is a Christmas tradition.But as this year’s supply arrives in British supermarkets…
Egg and butter prices drive up UK food inflation as households feel squeeze
Food inflation at 4.2% this month, with prices increasing at fastest pace for 18 months, says British Retail ConsortiumA “significant” jump in the cost of grocery staples such as eggs and butter is stoking food inflation, according to data pointing to …
Egg and butter prices drive up UK food inflation as households feel squeeze
Food inflation at 4.2% this month, with prices increasing at fastest pace for 18 months, says British Retail ConsortiumA “significant” jump in the cost of grocery staples such as eggs and butter is stoking food inflation, according to data pointing to …
Freddo bar creator would be ‘rolling in his grave’ at its price today, daughter says
Harry Melbourne’s froggy treat that cost 10p in its 1990s heyday sells for about 30p or even up to £1 nowThe creator of the Freddo chocolate bar would be rolling in his grave if he could see the prices being charged for a treat that cost 10p back in it…
A Beloved Canadian Chocolate Bar Disappears From the Market
Neilson Jersey Milk may be the latest victim of multinational food companies’ strategy of promoting their global brands over domestic ones.