Chocolate News
Breakthrough research allows for 3-D printed chocolate without temperature control
TechXplore Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have pioneered a novel approach to 3-D print chocolate-based products at room temperature by cold extrusion.Happy National Chocolate Day! October 28, 2019
Happy National Chocolate Cupcake Day! October 18, 2019
New Cocoa-Pricing Method Makes for a Hot Commodity
Cocoa prices are surging as traders grapple with a new method for pricing exports designed to alleviate poverty among farmers in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world’s largest growers of the chocolate ingredient. At a time when weakness in the world economy is hurting assets such as oil and industrial metals, cocoa has been one of the top performers in commodities markets. Futures prices have climbed 18% to £1,912 ($2,335) a ton in London since Aug. 29, and have risen 10% to $2,408 a ton in New York. Prices were even higher in both markets before slipping back in recent days.
360° Perspective: Chocolate Milk
Schools in Colorado are going 360 on the chocolate milk debate. Some schools are pulling it from shelves to help stop the obesity crisis, while others have a different take. Ounce for ounce, white milk and chocolate milk have the same protein, calcium and other key nutrients. The big difference is in the sugar. The dairy industry says chocolate milk has the same nine essential nutrients. A spokesperson for Dairy Max, which represents Colorado’s 120 dairy farms, says the dairy industry has made a conscious effort to cut sugar in chocolate milk served in school by more than half in recent years.