Something’s rotten in the state of cocoa…On the supply side
Ingredients suppliers should set targets to achieve fully sustainable cocoa or risk perpetuating labor abuses in West Africa.
Archives for January 8, 2015
Rabobank: Lower sugar prices set to continue in 2015
Global sugar prices are likely to remain low in 2015 as production looks set to continue at a similar level, according to Rabobank’s Q4 sugar report.
Brands lead on sustainable cocoa goals, Cargill and Barry Callebaut suggest
The leading cocoa processors say they will support brand manufacturers to achieve fully sustainable cocoa, but decline to publicly set their own targets.
Pecan Deluxe Candy fined after worker loses thumb
UK based confectioner Pecan Deluxe Candy has been fined after an employee’s thumb was severed by an unguarded chocolate hopper at the company’s factory.