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... cargill’s drive to secure a good quality and sustainable supply of cocoa beans is filtering down to famers in cote d'ivoire as it has just made premium payments totalling more than us $2 ... the cash boost is the second of its annual sustainable certified cocoa premiums that are being made to 26,500 farmers across 21 cooperatives in cote d'ivoire ... it was made for the delivery of 20,000 tonnes of utz certified and rainforest alliance cocoa between october 2010 and may 2011 ... 2m figure was not the amount paid for the cocoa, which was not divulged, but an additional amount on top of that – more than 50 per cent of which goes directly to farmers ... harold poelma, managing director cocoa, cargill cocoa & chocolate, said: “the premiums are a clear indication that farmers are adopting more sustainable practices and that the availability of sustainable beans, and cocoa products, for our customers continues to grow ... “these premiums recognise the hard work undertaken by farmers and prove our commitment to sustainable cocoa production and improving incomes for farmers ... ” he added that cargill would continue to work closely with the farmer in order to reach its target of 100,000 tonnes of certified sustainable cocoa beans from cote d'ivoire by 2015 ... as the consumer movement for sustainable and fair trade-type products gains momentum, chocolate and cocoa suppliers are increasingly called on by customers for clarity in the supply chain

... they also concluded that adopting a chocolate production strategy based on low batch dispersion, where the chocolate manufacturer avoids mixing different batches of cocoa beans, would help lead to reduced exposure to contamination and subsequent product recalls ... the research was based on simulation models and interviews with key staff at two chocolate manufacturers and a cocoa trading company ... mixed batches of cocoa beans are use in the method ... the basic system involved a “one step back-one step forward approach” where the finished chocolate product is traceable from the supermarket, to the chocolate manufacturer and the cocoa exporter ... one of the other systems ts+ is an extension of tso where the local buying stations mark all cocoa bags with a unique code and the buying date ... ts++ extends from ts+ in that the cocoa farmers, when packing the cocoa beans, mark all bags with unique codes and date ... in this case the finished chocolate is traceable up to the individual cocoa farmer

... barry callebaut said the deal also includes a new long-term supply agreement with baronie for the supply of roughly 25,000 tonnes of liquid chocolate as well as an additional amount of cocoa beans and semi-finished products

... lacklustre demand for cocoa in europe and north america and expectations of an average crop next season will see cocoa prices remain steady over the coming months, claims a market analyst ... traders, chocolate manufacturers and confectioners have been boosting their cocoa stocks over the past five weeks to restock and to hedge against price risk, notes keith flury, a soft commodities analyst with rabobank ... the buying surge could result in a short selling rally but the supply of beans is likely to be sufficient to meet demand with ivory coast, ghana and other african producers all reporting sizeable increases in arrivals,” reports rabobank ... speculators are betting on lower cocoa prices ... but flury told this publication the current price of cocoa of approx $3,000 per tonne is unlikely to “settle much lower” in the foreseeable future, with factors such as concerns about double dip recession in north america weighing in on the cocoa market ... he believes the current market fundamentals are such that speculators are not interested in investing in cocoa and that scenario is unlikely to change unless “next season’s crop levels falls way below current expectations ... ” with a large amount of cocoa beans still available, demand has first to “eat through the large short term supply,” he remarks, and expects a shift to a deficit in bean supply in the next season

... leading cocoa processor archer daniels midland (adm) has announced it is kick-starting its ivory coast sustainable cocoa initiative – serap – in indonesia in a bid to boost cocoa quality from growers in that region ... indonesia is the third largest cocoa growing nation in the world, with growers in sulawesi the target of the programme, said adm ... a spokesperson for the cocoa processor told confectionerynews ... com that sustainability is essential to ensuring the long term future of the country's cocoa industry ... "in indonesia, cocoa farming is the main source of income for more than 600,000 smallholder farmers and their families, most of whom are located on the island of sulawesi ... " serap, which provides training and financial incentives to help cocoa farmers implement sustainable farming practices, will involve the collaboration of the indonesian cocoa and coffee research institute (iccri), continued adm ... as the consumer movement for sustainable and fair trade type products gains momentum, chocolate and cocoa suppliers are receiving more and more requests from customers for clarity in the supply chain ... the global commodities giant said that its confectioner customer base will gain through an additional source of certified sustainable cocoa products ... when asked about its five-year target for sustainable cocoa tonnage arising out of the programme in indonesia, the adm spokesperson said: "tonnages are always difficult to forecast as the programme roll-out depends on many different factors ... we do know that serap participants achieve generally a higher standard of cocoa bean quality due to all the support provided through the programme ... " bean quality an analysis of cocoa bean quality indicates that ivorian serap participants regularly produce better cocoa beans with lower moisture levels, said tje pod-to-pallet supplier

... another milestone has been achieved in the utz certified sustainable cocoa programme, with the first-ever shipment of cocoa beans from ghana that meets that standard’s economic, environmental and social criteria ... leading industrial supplier barry callebaut said it has bought the majority of the shipment, saying it applauds “the dedicated efforts of the farmers affiliated with the cocoa abrabopa association (caa), the first cocoa producer group to become utz certified in ghana ... ” industrial chocolate and cocoa suppliers are receiving an increasing numbers of requests from customers for clarity in the supply chain, as the consumer movement for sustainable and fair trade type products gains momentum ... in cooperation with solidaridad, the utz scheme was set up by a number of big players in the cocoa sector, including mars, nestle, heinz benelux, cargill, ecom and dutch retailer ahold, as well as a number of development and environmental organisations ... com this morning, daan de vries, programme manager for cocoa at utz certified, said while the quantity involved was only 800 tonnes, the development was significant: “while this amount represents a small, first step for the programme, we rate ghana second globally in terms of utz certified production potential ... ” in 2010 more than 3,900 ghanaian farmers had achieved utz certification, and in the next three years, caa said it aims to certify an additional 20,000 farmer members throughout ghana’s cocoa growing regions

... the food industry and cocoa traders have welcomed the eu decision to lift sanctions on the ivory coast ports and other ivorian entities following an end to the crisis in the cocoa growing country ... there have been no cocoa bean exports from the ivory coast since the end of january, following a call from ouattara for a suspension of all exports, including cocoa and coffee, in a bid to cut off funding gbagbo following on from disputed elections ... the eu also imposed sanctions in january against trade with the country in a bid to help “secure a rapid transfer of power” to ouattara, with the result being 475,000 tonnes of cocoa beans piled up in the ivorian ports of abidjan and san pedro, awaiting export however, as of today, the ports of abidjan and san pedro, the ivorian refining company and the coffee and cocoa trade management committee have been removed from the list of entities subject to the eu assets freeze, said the eu council ... caobisco, the european cocoa association and the federation of cocoa commerce, in a joint statement today, said that they are hopeful that with the "legitimate authorities" taking control, a rapid resumption of cocoa trade will follow along with the recovery of the ivorian economy ... the trade representatives said that a return to “cocoa activities will bring a much needed focus in the lives of the hundreds of thousands of people engaged in the ivorian cocoa trade

... the delivery of cargill’s first utz certified beans from vietnam marks an important milestone for the company in its bid to establish the region as a new origin country for cocoa, said the ingredients giant ... the development, which saw the arrival of the beans to cargill ’s buying station in chau thanh ben tre province, demonstrates the company’s role in building a global sustainable supply chain, continued the company ... three vietnamese cocoa plantations also recently received utz certification for sustainable cocoa following cargill’s farmer training and the audit process in january ... harold poelma managing director cocoa, cargill cocoa & chocolate told confectionerynews ... “cargill will continue to undertake research and provide training to cocoa farmers with respect to good agricultural practices,” he said ... the company founded the utz certified cocoa programme, along with dutch development organization solidaridad and others in the cocoa sector ... meeting increasing demand cargill said that these recent developments will help it produce 600 metric tonnes of certified sustainable cocoa beans in 2011 ... in total the company will produce 2,500 metric tonnes of cocoa this year, up from less than 20mt in 2004 when the project was initially set up ... poelma said that output from the new cocoa-producing country will help the company cater for the growing global demand for cocoa beans, which is growing at 2 to 3 per cent per year ... “if supply does not increase, there will be insufficient cocoa to meet this demand,” said the managing director ... “the vietnamese government recognises this too and has put a target of 100,000mt of cocoa to be produced each year by 2020,” he added ... over the past six years cargill has worked with the vietnamese and dutch governments and confectionery giant mars to develop the production of sustainable cocoa in the country

... new research from spain finds that polyphenol-enriched cocoa powder could be used as a functional ingredient to reduce oxidative stress in the elderly ... the spain based authors, who published their findings in the journal of agriculture and food chemistry, also report the use of models that demonstrate evidence of the metabolic target of cocoa to ensure compliance with eu health claim regulation requirements ... the research group reveals that they have recently developed a cocoa powder with high flavonoid content by improving seed-processing methods: “this cocoa powder has been obtained from nonfermented cocoa beans without roasting and submitted to a short heat treatment to rapidly inactivate polyphenol oxidase (ppo) ... ” the study however, the team aimed to establish which metabolic target this flavonoid-rich cocoa powder acts upon – its antioxidative capacity ... two different cocoa powders were analysed in the study: a natural (conventional) cocoa powder and the flavonoid-enriched cocoa powder, which they said had an increased total polyphenol content (12 per cent) compared with conventional cocoa powder (4 per cent) ... cerevisiae to study the antioxidant effect of the cocoa powder both quantitatively and qualitatively, and that they performed several experiments with c ... elegans to analyze the effect of cocoa antioxidants on lifespan extension ... a genomic approach was performed with mutant strains in both organisms to elucidate the metabolic targets of the cocoa powder, added the spanish scientists ... findings the researchers concluded that their findings provides evidence that a flavonoid-enriched cocoa powder exerts resistance to oxidative stress in two in vivo models, the yeast s ... they said that the protection upon oxidative stress provided by the cocoa powder is due to its high polyphenol content, as increased survival was observed in yeast cultures after an oxidative stress when compared with a conventional cocoa powder

... a novel cocoa cultivation method and a new approach to fermentation are resulting in cocoa beans with enhanced quality, claims industrial chocolate supplier, barry callebaut ... the belgian group said investment in research and years of ‘trial and error’ has paid off with a fermentation method developed in collaboration with cocoa bean growers that produces a new chocolate range – terra cacao – that has “virtually zero defects or off flavours ... 5 per cent cocoa mass ... ” both industry and research institutes are involved in ongoing work aimed at ensuring better quality cocoa crops ... this publication recently reported on a university of reading project that aims to ensure the sustainability of future cocoa production through suggesting ways cocoa breeders can produce varieties more adapted to climate change ... he said that the five year project, which is funded by cocoa research uk, intends to confront directly the problems impacting the cocoa crop as well as quantifying the impact of climate change on west africa