{"id":1546240,"date":"2025-07-10T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1546240"},"modified":"2025-07-10T06:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T10:45:00","slug":"cocoa-supply-crunch-shown-in-one-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/cocoa-supply-crunch-shown-in-one-chart\/1546240\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocoa Supply Crunch Shown In One Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cocoa Supply Crunch Shown In One Chart<\/span><\/p>\n

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The chocolate industry is facing a new era of chronic shortages<\/strong> and record-high prices across cocoa beans, butter, powder, and paste, sparking\u00a0structural supply disruptions across\u00a0North America and Europe.\u00a0At the heart of the\u00a0crisis is West Africa<\/strong>, where countries such as C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon\u2014responsible for 75% of global cocoa production\u2014have been severely impacted by years of adverse weather and crop diseases.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cocoa bean prices in New York remain near record highs<\/strong>\u2014trading around $8,000 a ton on Tuesday\u2014after skyrocketing over 450% from late 2022 to December 2024, when prices briefly topped $12,000.\u00a0This surge has driven a 16% increase in key input costs for chocolate makers so far this year<\/strong>, putting additional\u00a0upward pressure on candy prices at the supermarket.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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One of the most striking visualizations<\/strong> of the multi-year cocoa shortage, courtesy of Bloomberg, is the decline in U.S. cocoa imports, which have seen supplies plummet in just a few short years.<\/p>\n

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In response, major food companies<\/strong>,\u00a0such as Mars and Hershey, have reduced the sizes of candy bars, added cheaper ingredients\u00a0e.g., nuts, wheat),\u00a0or entirely shifted to\u00a0non-chocolate offerings. Artisan producers like Raaka have reported paying a whopping triple the price for\u00a0cocoa powder.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This has only kicked off a rise in substitutes for food companies<\/strong>, introducing cocoa powder alternatives, such as:<\/p>\n

Carob blends (Doehler Group, Germany), <\/em><\/p>\n

Wheat-based powder (Ardent Mills, U.S.), replacing up to 50% of cocoa powder in some products<\/em><\/p>\n

Flavor and color substitutes like vanilla, caramel, coffee, and food coloring are also gaining traction.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in an era where chocolate indulgence will no longer rely solely on cocoa<\/strong>,\u201d Ina Dawer, the global insight manager for ingredients at Euromonitor International, told Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

The global cocoa shortage is expected to persist<\/strong>:\u00a0Cocoa processing in Europe, the largest international market, declined\u00a03.7% in 1Q25 to its lowest level since 2017, while a similar trend has been\u00a0observed in North America. Coca bean prices are expected to remain elevated through the second half of the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 07\/10\/2025 – 02:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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