The price per ton of cocoa ended 2024 with a 178.2% surge, closing at $11,675 after reaching an all-time high of $12,931.

Cacao beans are actually seeds taken from pod-like fruits. They are used to make chocolate products like cocoa. Cocoa powder is produced by grinding the cacao seeds after most of their fat content ...

yet only the seeds of the fruit are harvested. One way to tackle these problems is to make chocolate without using cocoa ...

It is dried and the seeds can be fermented to make cocoa butter ... Workers fill sacks with cocoa beans in Kahin village at the edge of the Scio forest reserve in Duekoue, Ivory Coast.

The agricultural export sector of Nigeria has witnessed remarkable growth, primarily fueled by the exports of cocoa beans, cashew nuts, and sesame seeds, according to different data sources ...

Cocoa exports in Africa’s most populous nation surged 606 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024. Data from the National Bureau ...