Chocolate News

Can You Fight Inflammation by Drinking Hot Chocolate?

EVERYDAYHEALTH.COM The right kind of cacao in your mug could bring health benefits with every sip.

Chocolate is having a moment

CNN.COM

Chocolate makers are reporting booming sales as stressed out customers reach for something sweet to take the edge off. In the third quarter, 2022, sales of Hershey’s (HSY) chocolates, which include Reese’s, Kit Kat and Hershey bars, jumped 12.6% in retail. Mondelez (MDLZ), the global snack brand that makes Toblerone, Cadbury and others, said its chocolate sales grew 9.3% in the quarter.

Barry Callebaut introduces the second generation of chocolate

YOUTUBE.COM

140 years after the emergence of the first generation, Barry Callebaut announces the second generation of chocolate. The 2nd Gen chocolate is as pure as it can be: Dark chocolate contains two ingredients, milk chocolate also contains dairy. This new product design is a testament to nature’s flavors as well as the mindfully living consumer by putting ‘cocoa first, sugar last’.

How the world’s best chocolate is getting even better

NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM

In Madagascar, an updated approach to producing cocoa is protecting the country’s endangered lemurs.

Happy National Chocolate Day! October 28, 2022