Chocolate makers' prospects sour as cocoa prices spike
Consumers in Europe and North America have already seen price increases of about 20% over the past two years and are starting to cut back on the amount of chocolate they buy, reports show.
Hershey looking to 'eradicate' lead, cadmium from chocolate
Hershey is 'evaluating' if it can remove more of the metals through additional cleaning of cocoa beans or alternate sourcing.
Salmonella found in world’s biggest chocolate plant
Swiss group Barry Callebaut supplies cocoa and chocolate products to many companies in the food industry, including industry giants such as Hershey, Mondelez, Nestle or Unilever.
Toblerone chocolate to be made outside Swiss homeland
The move has proven hard to swallow for some in Switzerland, unhappy to see a cherished national icon going abroad.
Kinder chocolate products in Malaysia safe, health ministry assures
It says checks show that none of the products linked to a spate of salmonella case in Europe have entered the country.
150 salmonella cases in Europe linked to Kinder factory
Cases have been recorded in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
