Topic: Chocolate

Organic Cacao Paste
11/05/2009 - Navitas Naturals introduces Organic Cacao Paste. ...

Roquette Launches SweetPearl Website
11/02/2009 - The Roquette Group announced the launch of SweetPearl.com, a website dedicated to SweetPearl™ maltitol. ...

ADM Opens Cocoa Plant in Ghana
10/14/2009 - Archer Daniels Midland Company opened its new cocoa processing plant that processes cocoa beans into cocoa liquor for use in chocolate in Kumasi, Ghana. ...

Top 5 Halloween Candy Treats
10/12/2009 - Classic chocolate treats and traditional sweets will dominate trick-or-treaters' selections with 52 percent of Americans planning on handing out chocolate Oct. 31. ...

Cocoa Suppresses Migraines
09/17/2009 - Cocoa-enriched diets can help prevent and treat inflammatory responses that can lead to painful migraines....

First Cocoa Co-ops Get UTZ Certification
09/10/2009 - Two cocoa producing farmer cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire—Agricole de Fiédifoué and Coopaga—received the first UTZ certified cocoa certificates after working with Cargill and Solidaridad, both founding members of the UTZ certified cocoa program. ...

Lemon Meringue Pies Recalled
09/01/2009 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Chef Pierre® is voluntarily recalling a partial production run of Chef Pierre Gourmet Lemon Meringue Pie labeled product that actually contained chocolate meringue pie and may contain an undeclared allergen, milk.  ...

Eating Chocolate Good for the Heart
08/17/2009 - Eating chocolate twice or more a week is associated with lower cardiac mortality in patients who suffered their first heart attack compared to patients who never eat chocolate....

Eating While Driving Ups Accidents
07/22/2009 - Eating while driving is one of the most distracting things you can do, according to a study released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. Eighty percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes involve driver distraction....

Preserving Cocoa’s Antioxidant Level
07/16/2009 - New research on the antioxidant activity and polyphenol content of cocoa powder provides insight into levels of these beneficial compounds in chocolate frosting, hot cocoa drinks, chocolate cookies and chocolate cakes made with natural cocoa powder. ...