Seventy% » Nibs http://www.seventypercent.com Changing the way we eat chocolate Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:53:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Cacao antidote for Amazon deforestation? http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/cacao-antidote-for-amazon-deforestation/ http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/cacao-antidote-for-amazon-deforestation/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:37:39 +0000 Susana Cárdenas Overstall http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=26337 A chocolate factory nestled deep in the Amazonian jungle in Brazil’s northern state of Para offers a sweet antidote to rainforest deforestation. France 24

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]]> A chocolate factory nestled deep in the Amazonian jungle in Brazil’s northern state of Para offers a sweet antidote to rainforest deforestation.

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]]> http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/cacao-antidote-for-amazon-deforestation/feed/ 0 Major trade flows of cacao beans http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/major-trade-flows-of-cacao-beans/ http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/major-trade-flows-of-cacao-beans/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:19:06 +0000 Susana Cárdenas Overstall http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=26331 Check out this useful map of the main cacao producing countries. Top producing countries include The Ivory Cost, Ghana and Indonesia. Ecuador and the Dominican Republic takes the lead in Latin America. Business Insider

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]]> Check out this useful map of the main cacao producing countries. Top producing countries include The Ivory Cost, Ghana and Indonesia. Ecuador and the Dominican Republic takes the lead in Latin America.

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]]> http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/major-trade-flows-of-cacao-beans/feed/ 0 More Brits seem to be acquiring a taste for dark chocolate http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/more-brits-seem-to-be-acquiring-a-taste-for-dark-chocolate/ http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/more-brits-seem-to-be-acquiring-a-taste-for-dark-chocolate/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:46:30 +0000 Susana Cárdenas Overstall http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=26257 Euromonitor figures indicate that value retail sales of dark chocolate have doubled over the last six years, from accounting for 5.5% of the UK chocolate market in 2006 to 10.25% in 2011. Food Manufacture

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Euromonitor figures indicate that value retail sales of dark chocolate have doubled over the last six years, from accounting for 5.5% of the UK chocolate market in 2006 to 10.25% in 2011.

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]]> http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/more-brits-seem-to-be-acquiring-a-taste-for-dark-chocolate/feed/ 0 Flavanols in dark chocolate could prevent risk of heart attack http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/flavanols-in-dark-chocolate-could-prevent-risk-of-heart-attack/ http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/flavanols-in-dark-chocolate-could-prevent-risk-of-heart-attack/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:45:48 +0000 Susana Cárdenas Overstall http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=26260 Eating dark chocolate every day for 10 years could reduce the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes in some high-risk patients, according to the British Medical Journal. Huffington Post

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]]> Eating dark chocolate every day for 10 years could reduce the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes in some high-risk patients, according to the British Medical Journal.

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]]> http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/flavanols-in-dark-chocolate-could-prevent-risk-of-heart-attack/feed/ 0 Big players of cacao world discuss the future of chocolate at Chocovision 2012 in Davos http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/big-players-of-cacao-world-discuss-the-future-of-chocolate-at-chocovision-2012-in-davos/ http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/big-players-of-cacao-world-discuss-the-future-of-chocolate-at-chocovision-2012-in-davos/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:44:51 +0000 Susana Cárdenas Overstall http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=26264 The international conference for senior business leaders and key stakeholders in the cocoa, chocolate and retail industry, opened its doors to 200 senior executives in Davos. Bob Geldof is on the list. The Independent

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]]> The international conference for senior business leaders and key stakeholders in the cocoa, chocolate and retail industry, opened its doors to 200 senior executives in Davos. Bob Geldof is on the list.

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]]> http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/06/big-players-of-cacao-world-discuss-the-future-of-chocolate-at-chocovision-2012-in-davos/feed/ 0 Hope for Brazilian cacao? http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/hope-for-brazilian-cacao/ http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/hope-for-brazilian-cacao/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:26:50 +0000 Susana Cárdenas Overstall http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=26242 If this really is the beginning of a breakthrough in the fight against witches’ broom, the implications for the world cocoa market will be enormous. Financial Times

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]]> If this really is the beginning of a breakthrough in the fight against witches’ broom, the implications for the world cocoa market will be enormous.

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]]> http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/hope-for-brazilian-cacao/feed/ 0 Lindt’s chocolate rabbits cannot be trademarked http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/lindts-chocolate-rabbits-cannot-be-trademarked/ http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/lindts-chocolate-rabbits-cannot-be-trademarked/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:26:12 +0000 Susana Cárdenas Overstall http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=26246 The Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice rejected Lindt’s application for a trademark on its gold-wrapped bunny shapes with a red ribbon bow tie. Daily Business Post

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]]> The Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice rejected Lindt’s application for a trademark on its gold-wrapped bunny shapes with a red ribbon bow tie.

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]]> http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/lindts-chocolate-rabbits-cannot-be-trademarked/feed/ 0 Divine Chocolate extends its range in British supermarkets http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/divine-chocolate-extends-its-range-in-british-supermarkets/ http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/divine-chocolate-extends-its-range-in-british-supermarkets/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:25:42 +0000 Susana Cárdenas Overstall http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=26251 It seems to be a good year for British chocolate maker Divine as Waitrose and Sainsbury’s have increased their range of products. Talking Retail

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]]> It seems to be a good year for British chocolate maker Divine as Waitrose and Sainsbury’s have increased their range of products.

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]]> http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/divine-chocolate-extends-its-range-in-british-supermarkets/feed/ 0 Carbon-neutral chocolate from The Grenada Chocolate Company http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/carbon-neutral-chocolate-from-the-grenada-chocolate-company/ http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/carbon-neutral-chocolate-from-the-grenada-chocolate-company/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 12:30:16 +0000 Susana Cárdenas Overstall http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=26105 The ‘Tres Hombres’ ship will arrive in Portsmouth carrying a cargo of 24,000 bars of “handpressed, single-estate, vanilla-free, vintage rootstock, grown-with-a-windward aspect” chocolate! The Guardian

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]]> The ‘Tres Hombres’ ship will arrive in Portsmouth carrying a cargo of 24,000 bars of “handpressed, single-estate, vanilla-free, vintage rootstock, grown-with-a-windward aspect” chocolate!

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]]> http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/carbon-neutral-chocolate-from-the-grenada-chocolate-company/feed/ 0 The Chocolate Machine http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/the-chocolate-machine/ http://www.seventypercent.com/2012/05/the-chocolate-machine/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 12:29:31 +0000 Susana Cárdenas Overstall http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=26109 Would you like to be able to manage the amount of chocolate you eat and strengthen your self-control at the same time? Try the Chocolate Machine, a device invented by German designers and psychologists. Bloomberg Business Week

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]]> Would you like to be able to manage the amount of chocolate you eat and strengthen your self-control at the same time? Try the Chocolate Machine, a device invented by German designers and psychologists.

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