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Nura

AAK Begins Nura Specialty Fats Plant

AAK and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK) have started construction of a new specialty palm fractions plant in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, through their Nura Specialty Oils and Fats joint venture.
Cocoa Fruit

Mars Backs Healthcare For Cocoa Communities

Mars has announced a three-year investment designed to improve access to healthcare for cocoa-farming households in Côte d’Ivoire, as part of a wider package of grants from the Mars Impact Fund.
Mars Rise

Mars and Save the Children Unite

The Mars Impact Fund and Save the Children Indonesia have launched the Women R.I.S.E. (Resilient & Inclusive Systems for Empowerment) Program, a three-year initiative designed to strengthen the resilience of cocoa-growing communities while advancing child protection and women’s economic empowerment across Indonesia.
CAOBISCO

CAOBISCO Backs EU-Thailand Trade Deal

As negotiations on the EU–Thailand Free Trade Agreement approach their conclusion, CAOBISCO reiterates its support for an ambitious and balanced agreement that strengthens the competitiveness and resilience of Europe’s chocolate, biscuit and confectionery industry
Buhler Lucent

Bühler’s Lucent Boosts Efficiency in Cocoa Roasting 

Swiss technology group Bühler has developed Lucent, a new industrial cocoa nib roaster that uses at least 20% less energy per tonne of cocoa than its predecessor, the Tornado, and delivers up to 20% higher throughput in the same footprint.
Lindt

Cocoa Price Surge Tests Lindt’s Pricing Power

According to CocoaRadar Market Intelligence, Lindt & Sprüngli is on course for its weakest quarterly stock market performance in 17 years, underlining growing evidence that the chocolate industry’s ability to pass record cocoa costs through to consumers is beginning to weaken.
KitKat

Nestlé Trials Nature-Friendly Wheat

Nestlé is teaming up with regenerative food and farming brand Wildfarmed, working with a community of British farmers to trial regeneratively farmed wheat in one of the nation’s favourite chocolate bars.
Cocoa

Côte d’Ivoire Cocoa Farmers Earn Closer to Living Incomes

Higher farmgate prices together with Fairtrade interventions are having a positive effect on Fairtrade…
Nestle

Nestlé develops novel technique to get more yield from cocoa fruit

Nestlé has developed a novel patented technique that utilizes up to 30% more cocoa fruit to produce…

Birmingham Chocolate Acquires Macalat® 

Birmingham Chocolate, a Michigan-based leader in artisan confectionery, proudly announces the…
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