date:Oct 08, 2013
e chocolate products, which use cocoa butter, fell, especially in Europe, which has the highest per capita chocolate consumption in the world. There was a time when cocoa beans were processed for the butter and powder was almost a byproduct, with processors selling it for what they could get, although that hasnt been the case for many years. Prices for the basic 10% to 12% natural cocoa powder began 2008 around 60c a lb (up 50% from lows around 40c in early 2006), and by May 2011 had soared more