Skyrocketing Cocoa Prices Cause Worldwide Chocolate Shortage

Il Post

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Prices are the highest in almost 50 years, due to a poor harvest due to bad weather, but also to decades of exploitation and low investments

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Kakao costs so much on raw material markets as never before. Chocolate lovers could soon feel it at the supermarket cash register. For the latest increase in the commodity, there are several reasons...

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Chocolate lovers must now be strong: People in Germany will probably have to spend more for bars, Easter bunnies or pralines soon. This is mainly due to natural disasters in cocoa-growing countries.

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Opening the shop's door, Chloé's chocolates in Montreal, one is immediately captured by the intoxicating smell of melted chocolate. The workshop is behind the sales counter. All high-end products are made on site from imported chocolate blocks.

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The raw material cocoa is scarce and as expensive as never before. The price for chocolate may therefore increase soon. One reason is climate change.