Consumers around the globe are eating more chocolate thanks to the reported health benefits of dark chocolate and the growing ranks of middle-class consumers in China, India, and other countries who are gobbling up Western-style goods.
But there is not an unlimited supply of the popular confection and demand may be on the verge of outpacing cocoa production.
The International Cocoa Organization predicts a supply deficit of about 17,000 tons in the current 2014/2015 cocoa year. Global cocoa bean …
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