| | | News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Biscuits | 18-Dec-2023 |
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| | | | | | EXCLUSIVE: Cocoa certifications becoming an âadministration hell,â farmers and cooperatives claim | | Attempting to comply with the numerous levels of certification imposed on farmers, suppliers, and producers in terms of cost and bureaucracy has been described as âadministration hellâ by one cocoa cooperative director, who spends up to 80% of his time on administration instead of replanting, cultivating and caring for plots. In some cases, almost 20% of annual budgets is swallowed up by having to conform to various certification standards, and the scenario is only going to get worse with the impending EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), ConfectioneryNews has learned.... Read more |
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| | | | | | Toâak chocolate - and why it makes the perfect high-end and sustainable Christmas gift | | Toâak Chocolate routinely charges over $300 for a single bar of chocolate, which is claimed to be the most expensive chocolate in the world. The brand justifies its price because it is responsibly sourced from a cacao variety, Ancient Nacional, native to Ecuador, that many experts believed to be extinct as recently as 2009. The company started from a rainforest conservation project and works exclusively with local farmers.... Read more |
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