Sweet and sour chocolate source
13 September 2012
Cocoa grinders are bearing the brunt of the rise in bean prices and are having to shed capacity in the midst of very tight margins, says Andy Aitken
To the Aztecs, cocoa was the “food of the gods”, but its pattern of production and consumption is far from divine. It is almost exclusively consumed where it is not produced and produced where it is not consumed.
Unlike most agricultural goods, which are cultivated to meet local food needs, nearly all of the world’s cocoa is exported.
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