Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut (BARN.S), opens new tab lowered its annual sales volume guidance on Thursday due to what it called "unprecedented volatility" in cocoa bean prices ...

Cocoa grindings for the first quarter totaled 213,898 metric tons, compared with 221,530 tons a year earlier, the figures showed. On a quarterly basis, cocoa grindings rose 1.8% in the first quarter ...

One way to tackle these problems is to make chocolate without using cocoa beans — the fermented seed of the cacao tree. Cocoa-free chocolate is already available but scientists around the world ...