Every piece of chocolate—whether it’s a humble Hershey’s bar or an upmarket Scharffen Berger bar—starts out as a tiny cacao bean. Some chocolatiers, like Francois Kwaku-Dongo—who grew up on a ...

Americans consume about 5 kg (11 lb) of chocolate each year. While widely enjoyed as a treat, chocolate, especially in less processed forms, contains compounds that may support cardiovascular, ...

CONCORD, N.H.CONCORD, N.H. — Swiss chocolate maker Lindt had humble beginnings when it set up its U.S. headquarters in southeastern New Hampshire back in 1989. “At that point in time we were a very ...

Ferrero North America, part of the global sweet-packaged food company the Ferrero Group known for Keebler®, Butterfinger®, Nutella®, Kinder®, Tic Tac®, and other well-loved brands, today celebrated ...

Chocolate is a key ingredient in many foods such as milk shakes, candy bar, cookie and cereal. It is ranked as one of the most favorite flavors in North America and Europe (Swift, 1998). Despite its ...

HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) — The Hershey Company just unveiled its new state-of-the-art Reese Chocolate Processing facility; here’s your chance to take a look inside! Earlier this week, The Hershey Company ...

Inside Look is a Bellingham Herald series where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories. A Bellingham chocolate factory has now become the ...

LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...

Chocolate is a confection made from cacao beans, which are harvested, fermented, dried, roasted, and ground into cocoa mass, being the main component of chocolate. After further processing, this mass ...