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... “industry’s challenges include high labour prices, less flexibility on wages, higher energy power prices, high transport costs, growth in private label brands and near-record high global commodity prices for sugar, diary, cocoa and wheat and the high australian dollar making imports cheaper

... cargill’s drive to secure a good quality and sustainable supply of cocoa beans is filtering down to famers in cote d'ivoire as it has just made premium payments totalling more than us $2 ... the cash boost is the second of its annual sustainable certified cocoa premiums that are being made to 26,500 farmers across 21 cooperatives in cote d'ivoire ... it was made for the delivery of 20,000 tonnes of utz certified and rainforest alliance cocoa between october 2010 and may 2011 ... 2m figure was not the amount paid for the cocoa, which was not divulged, but an additional amount on top of that – more than 50 per cent of which goes directly to farmers ... harold poelma, managing director cocoa, cargill cocoa & chocolate, said: “the premiums are a clear indication that farmers are adopting more sustainable practices and that the availability of sustainable beans, and cocoa products, for our customers continues to grow ... “these premiums recognise the hard work undertaken by farmers and prove our commitment to sustainable cocoa production and improving incomes for farmers ... ” he added that cargill would continue to work closely with the farmer in order to reach its target of 100,000 tonnes of certified sustainable cocoa beans from cote d'ivoire by 2015 ... as the consumer movement for sustainable and fair trade-type products gains momentum, chocolate and cocoa suppliers are increasingly called on by customers for clarity in the supply chain

... “industry is facing a growing list of pressures across australia’s long supply chain, such as high labour prices, less flexibility on wages, higher energy power prices, high transport costs, growth in private label brands and near record global commodity prices for raw materials such as sugar, dairy, cocoa and wheat,” ms carnell added

... volatile cocoa prices and supply issues have prompted tate & lyle to launch a range of carob powder ingredients which can reduce costs by replacing up to 40 per cent of the cocoa component in dairy, bakery and ice cream recipes ... in light of volatile cocoa pricing and supply issues, many of our customers are looking for solutions which reduce the cocoa content of their products as a means of controlling recipe costs, while maintaining the same properties and quality of the full cocoa product,” kerstin werner, head of business development at tate & lyle food systems, told bakeryandsnacks ... “this meant we had the possibility to use the pulp and produce carob powder, in order to use it as a cocoa replacer and help our customers reduce their recipe costs,” explained werner ... it is not the first time the roasted pods of the carob tree, native to the middle east, have been touted as a cocoa replacer; for years diabetics have consumed carob as a chocolate substitute and in the middle east, the pods are chewed raw and are used as animal feed

... the confectionery giant also processes cocoa into cocoa liquor and cocoa butter on its welsh site, for use in cadbury dairy milk chocolate ... it was fascinating to see how the cocoa is processed for making into cadbury dairy milk," she said

... archer daniels midland company (adm) has announced that it will expand its cocoa processing capabilities at its facility in singapore to enable it to keep pace with growing demand for cocoa and chocolate products from asian markets ... “the expansion of our operations in singapore marks an increased investment in asia, which is an important market for our cocoa business,” said yeong chye, managing director of adm cocoa asia ... “the goal of the project is to increase efficiency and production capacity to support adm cocoa’s strategy of expanding cocoa powder volumes and becoming the preferred global provider of cocoa and chocolate solutions ... ” he added: “singapore’s proximity to cocoa origination countries in asia, as well as its importance to the international business community, allow adm to connect regionally sourced cocoa with global markets

... there will be no dramatic drop in cocoa prices in the coming months as forecast by numerous speculators hoping to cash in on a downward trend, reports a cocoa market specialist ... july saw a moderate drop in cocoa prices with the liffe cocoa futures declining by about 7 per cent ... in its monthly review of where the commodities market is at, the analyst also cites official data showing a hike of 22 per cent in cocoa bean arrivals to the ivorian ports ... furthermore, continued redruello, prices lowered based on some forecasters already predicting a record cocoa harvest in the ivory coast for the 2011/12 cocoa production season

... they also concluded that adopting a chocolate production strategy based on low batch dispersion, where the chocolate manufacturer avoids mixing different batches of cocoa beans, would help lead to reduced exposure to contamination and subsequent product recalls ... the research was based on simulation models and interviews with key staff at two chocolate manufacturers and a cocoa trading company ... mixed batches of cocoa beans are use in the method ... the basic system involved a “one step back-one step forward approach” where the finished chocolate product is traceable from the supermarket, to the chocolate manufacturer and the cocoa exporter ... one of the other systems ts+ is an extension of tso where the local buying stations mark all cocoa bags with a unique code and the buying date ... ts++ extends from ts+ in that the cocoa farmers, when packing the cocoa beans, mark all bags with unique codes and date ... in this case the finished chocolate is traceable up to the individual cocoa farmer

... nestlé said it has increased its donations of disease-resistant cocoa trees to farmers in ivory coast in a bid to boost the quality of the beans that are produced in the country ... the distribution forms part of the firm’s wider cocoa plan initiative, a spokesperson for the company told confectionerynews ... launched in 2009, the programme aims to boost sustainable cocoa supply in ivory coast and other cocoa producing regions ... under the plan, nestlé said it will invest chf110m (€94m) in cocoa plant science and sustainability initiatives over the next decade ... the investment builds on the chf60m the firm has invested in cocoa sustainability initiatives over the last 15 years, said the firm ... plantlets donation the chocolate giant said it began its research into the production of higher quality, high-yield cocoa over 10 years ago at its research centre in tours, france ... based on the work and research done at these two centres, the company said it has made a decision to distribute one million high-yield cocoa plantlets to ivory coast farmers each year, starting from next year

... “if the industry adopts its own proposed standards, young children would continue to be bombarded with ads for such junk foods as cocoa puffs, cookie crisps, reese’s puffs, and corn pops cereals, kool-aid, many lunchables, and sugary popsicles,” the cspi said