Tea, Coffee & Cocoa
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Ghana COCOBOD signs US$1.5 billion syndicated finance facility for 2021/2022 cocoa season
GHANA – World’s second largest cocoa producing country, Ghana, is set to receive US$1.5 billion financing from a consortium of local and international financial institutions,…
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Barry Callebaut appoints new heads for procurement and human resource divisions
SWITZERLAND – Zurich-based cocoa processor and chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has made new executive appointments in its procurement and human resource departments as it seeks…
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Cocoa processing startup Koa, chocolate maker Valrhona launch most conc cocoa fruit juice concentrate
GHANA – French chocolate maker Valrhona in collaboration with Swiss-Ghanaian start-up Koa have launched a new cocoa fruit juice concentrate ingredient dubbed Oabika. The flavourful…
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Blue Bottle Coffee to help scale regenerative agriculture in pursuit of 2021 carbon neutrality goal
USA – Nestlé-owned global network of cafes in the US and Asia, Blue Bottle Coffee has pledged to help scale regenerative agriculture as part of…
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Finnish scientists develop lab grown coffee to secure future of caffeine infused hot drinks
FINLAND – A group of scientists from the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) seeking to make coffee production more sustainable has successfully produced coffee cells in…