Many of the world's cocoa beans are bought by large trade houses like Cargill, Olam and BarryCallebaut ... traders also process beans into powder, butter and liquor that is used in products ...
cocoabutter, and citric acid. The production process will differ depending on the type of cocoa bean, or pod, and the manufacturer's goals. According to BarryCallebaut, the key factors ...
Cocoa futures surged ... former managing director of Asia Pacific at BarryCallebaut AG. While bean arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast are still ahead of last year, they have slowed ...
The market has been trying to assess the reasoning behind Hershey's request, which equates to about 5,000 20-foot containers. That's more than nine times the amount the exchange allows.