Currently a ton of cocoa costs about $1,845 (1,500) at the exchange, $25,610 (20,821) at big chocolate producers like Barry Callebaut and $32,082 (26,083) in the shop.
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Amul, currently with 41 products in its basket, had chocolate for the last two decades, but never posed threat to leaders like Cadbury and Nestle.
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At 10 per cent of the overall Rs 2,000-crore (Rs 20-billion) chocolate market, the premium segment is small. Yet, it is growing at a steady 30-40 per cent per annum, according to industry estimates.
Chocolate-lovers may soon find their chocolate dearer if the problems plaguing the industry continue. Raw material costs have risen by more than 20 per cent in the last 10 months.
The Cocoa Trees have launched Fazer Angry Bird Sweets, Lollipops, Chocolate Eggs and Chewing gums into the market.
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Three packets -- together containing 4300 chocolate bars -- were seized from a single stockist in Thursday night's raid, Deputy Commissioner, Ranchi, Pradeep Kumar told reporters.
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A study led by Professor Ian Macdonald found that consumption of a cocoa drink rich in flavanols -- a key ingredient of dark chocolate -- boosts blood flow to key areas of the brain for two to three hours.
Three days after the Maharashtra government expressed satisfaction at the hygienic condition being maintained at the manufacturing unit of Cadbury, 10 bars of allegedly worm-infested chocolates, were sent to the laboratory in Mumbai for testing.
A brainchild of the Nagori brothers, Pavan and Pankaj, CVADO1502 (pronounced 'see-vah-doh'), a chocolate tasting club, will open its doors for business this October.
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It pairs beautifully with just dal and rice.
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If you are overweight or obese, or suffer from stress and anxiety, it will affect your gut health, leading to acidity, says Dr Meghraj Ingle.
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Wondering just how this is going to help you shed those extra pounds? Well as it turns out, eating chocolate is part of the new 'Big Breakfast' weight-loss plan that involves 700-calories worth of carbohydrates into your body when you wake up.
Dark chocolate contained no flavanols but was rich in fat and sugar, both potentially harmful to heart and arteries
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