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The global F&B industry is preparing for major supply chain disruption as meteorologists warn that the strengthening El Niño weather pattern is likely to intensify extreme weather across key agricultural regions. FoodBev's Leah Smith reports.

Bühler has developed Lucent, a new cocoa nib roaster designed to use at least 20% less energy per tonne of cocoa than its predecessor, with up to 20% higher throughput in the same footprint. The machine combines heat recovery, predictive roasting controls and a fully sealed product chamber. Developed by Bühler's engineers and manufactured in Appenzell, Switzerland, Lucent aims to improve productivity, energy efficiency and food safety in cocoa processing, now available to industrial cocoa...

Trash, a new functional beverage made from upcycled cacao fruit, has officially launched.

Soufflet Malt and Ferments du Futur have launched a new research initiative aimed at developing next-generation food ingredients.

Cargill and Voyage Foods are bringing cocoa-free confectionery alternative NextCoa to the North American market.

Belgian ingredients supplier Purato says it will launch the first professional chocolate product made with cultured cocoa.

Reuters has reported that cocoa stocks in the Ivory Coast are piling up as exporters resist the fixed farmgate price, disrupting global chocolate supply.

Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut will invest €250 million over several years to upgrade and future-proof its Wieze factory in Belgium.

Global cocoa supplier OFI is launching single-origin cocoa liquors to deliver artisan-level flavour precision at industrial scale for premium chocolate makers.