Chocolate News
Prices for chocolate-making ingredient cocoa hit all-time highs
REUTERS.COM Oct 17, 2023 – Prices for cocoa, the main ingredient used to make chocolate, rose to the highest ever on Tuesday as demand for the beans appears to be holding well despite the constant increase in costs, experts said. Financial investors were said to be the main driver of prices on the Intercontinental Exchange in London, where the March cocoa contract hit a peak of 3,155 pounds per metric ton, the highest price since cocoa futures started trading there in 1920. The March contract last traded 1% up at 3,140 pounds/ton.Chocolate fans outraged as popular bar shrinks in size
Mars Inc have announced the Galaxy bar will be the latest sweet treat to shrink, going from 110g to 100g per chocolate bar.
Gatsby Chocolate Scores $500,000 Deal On Shark Tank
Created by Doug Bouton, co-founder of Halo Top Ice Cream, and Ryan Bouton, the first employee of Halo Top Ice Cream, Gatsby Chocolate is determined to rewrite the rules of the chocolate industry, just as its predecessor transformed the world of ice cream. According to the company, Gatsby Chocolate boasts half the calories of premium chocolate brands like Godiva, Ghirardelli, and Lily’s, with 80-90 percent less sugar, carbs, and fat per serving.
A return of chocolate-making to Marshall Field building
For nearly 70 years, workers minted Frango chocolates on the 13th floor of the Marshall Field & Co. building on State Street. Frango production moved out of state in 1999 to the dismay of civic leaders and local mint chocolate aficionados. More than two decades later, chocolate has made its return to the upper floors of the building now anchored by the Macy’s department store, where candy giant Ferrero is opening its first North American research and development lab and innovation center.