April 2022

Indonesia Is Ground-Zero In The Battle For Cocoa Dominance

at the Indonesia International Cocoa Conference, Cargill announced that by the end of the month it will begin cocoa processing tests at its state-of-the-art cocoa processing plant in Gresik, in the East-Java region of Indonesia. Output estimates at the facility are expected to reach 70,000 tons of cocoa beans converted into cocoa powder, cocoa butter, …

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What are the Health Benefits of Cocoa?

Cocoa is most commonly associated with chocolate and has a variety of nutritional benefits that can confirm positive health attributes. The cocoa bean is an accident source of dietary polyphenols, containing more finale antioxidants than most foods. It is well known that polyphenols are associated with beneficial health effects, therefore cocoa is rich in polyphenols, …

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Indonesian Cocoa Butter, and added value product of Cocoa Beans

​Cocoa butter, juga dikenal sebagai minyak theobroma, merupakan lemak berwarna pucat yang diekstrak dari biji kakao serta dapat dikonsumsi. Selain sebagai bahan membuat coklat, cocoa butter juga digunakan sebagai bahan baku pembuatan obat oles, perlengkapan mandi serta obat-obatan. Cocoa butter merupakan produk ekspor utama Indonesia untuk pasar Amerika, Belanda, India, Estonia, Jerman dan China. Industri …

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Cocoa price forecast: Will demand fall further as inflation bites?

The US cocoa future prices continued to fall over the past month as global inflationary pressures and recession fears capped consumption and hit demand. The September New York Cocoa contract traded on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) fell to $2,356 a metric tonne (t) on 6 July, down 6.5% from a month ago. The September cocoa …

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