Since the price of a ton of raw cocoa on the London commmodity exchange recently climbed to a record high of just under €5,500 ($5,960), chocolate fans have reason to be alarmed. Just a year ago it was €2,500 and last month it was €4,000. "A kilo of cocoa is almost €3 more expensive than it was a year ago," a spokesman for the German chocolate manufacturer Ritter Sport said. "Anyone can work out for themselves what this means for the production costs of a 100-gram chocolate bar, which contains b
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The European Cocoa Organisation (ECA) has reported that 375,375 tonnes of raw cocoa were ground for the 1st quarter of 2023. This corresponds to a slight increase of 0.5% compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
One in six children in Germany is overweight. Now, Food and Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir wants to ban advertising for unhealthy food. But the candy industry is fighting back.