It’s not a very merry Christmas for Fairtrade chocolate
The benchmark scheme that protects cocoa farmers and local communities could be toppled as big players rethink their role.
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The surprising ways Halloween treats can interact with your medications
Your Halloween sweets might do more than cause a sugar rush. Some ingredients can interfere with medicines or trigger harmful reactions.
Could wild mangoes solve the world’s chocolate crisis?
A little-known fruit could provide an alternative to cocoa butter.
Easter eggs were once a rare luxury – so how did they become so commonplace?
A short history of Easter egg economics.
Anya Gallaccio: from chocolate walls to wilting flowers – the art of decline, decay and transformation
The Scottish-born artist is showcasing her work in two UK installations examining the fragility and transience of life through decomposing materials.
Chocolate‑maker Pernigotti on the brink: how Italy’s approach to corporate rescue is hurting the country
The inventor of Italy’s famous gianduiotti pralines faces production moving to Turkey.
Responsible chocolate is about protecting both forests and cocoa farmers’ livelihoods
A bold new commitment from the cocoa and chocolate industry to end deforestation is welcome. But we must avoid blaming the farmers.
Happy people work harder (especially if they get chocolate)
Economists at the University of Warwick have found happiness increases productivity by around 12%. Andrew Oswald, Eugenio Proto and Daniel Sgroi carried out a number of experiments to test the idea that…
Easter eggs: hunting for a solution to excessive packaging
Do we really need to celebrate with boxes and plastic?
From Chinese milk to Indian chocolate, behind the world’s fast‑expanding markets
Ignore the gloom around prospects for emerging markets. There are diamonds in the rough.
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