April News Roundup & AMA | #PodSaveChocolate

April News Roundup & AMA | #PodSaveChocolate

Episode 32 of #PodSaveChocolate is my monthly News Roundup and AMA – Ask Me Anything – episode.

When and Where to Watch

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This episode airs live from 10:00 PDT/MST (11:00 MDT, 12:00 CDT, 13:00 EDT) on Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024. UPDATED to include the URLs to pages presented.
April News Roundup & AMA | #PodSaveChocolate
Episode 32 OverviewThis is the monthly News Roundup and AMA episode of #PodSaveChocolate. If you have a question, you can ask it live during the episode or,…

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Episode 32 Overview

This is the monthly News Roundup and AMA episode of #PodSaveChocolate.

If you have a question, you can ask it live during the episode or, if you are a ChocolateLife member you can ask it in the Comments below in advance of the livestream on Tuesday.

Ground News
Top Stories from around you and around the world. Compare how different news publishers frame the same news

I also set Google Alerts on key topics.

Cocoa beans producers to be paid 50% more in Côte d’Ivoire
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara will raise the official price paid at farm gates for cocoa beans on Tuesday to 1,500 CFA francs ($2.47) per kilogram.

But, is 50% enough?

Cocoa Prices and Cocoa Futures Prices - Barchart.com
Today’s Cocoa prices with latest Cocoa charts, news and Cocoa futures quotes.

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what is $10,000 in 1977 worth today - Wolfram|Alpha
Wolfram|Alpha brings expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest possible range of people—spanning all professions and education levels.
Cocoa - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News
Cocoa increased 5,652 USD/MT or 134.70% since the beginning of 2024, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Cocoa - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on April of 2024.
The 2024 Chocolate Scorecard | #PodSaveChocolate
Episode 29 of #PodSaveChocolate features a discussion of the recently released Chocolate Scorecard. The bad, the worse, and the truly ugly.
‘Biscuity, very delicious’ new ‘blond’ chocolate is tempting French pastry chefs
A fourth chocolate – blond – has been slowly making inroads into French confectionary, but has failed to win official recognition and faces competition from a pink Swiss variety.

Really. Not. New.

Keeping Chocolate Sweet While Cutting Sugar - IFT.org
Penn State food scientist Gregory Ziegler experiments with substituting rice flour and/or oat flour to reduce the sugar content of chocolate.
Chocolate could help you lose weight - but there’s one catch, scientists say
A chemical called theobromine, found in cocoa beans and abundant in milk and dark chocolate, has ‘potential health benefits’ for humans, according to scientists

More than one, actually. This is really an example of clickbait headline writing.

France in focus - Ethical chocolate in France: A sweet endeavour
Nearly three quarters of French people eat chocolate once a week, consuming an average of 7 kilos per year. But what seems a simple indulgence has a dark side: cacao farming has resulted in massive deforestation.…

I cannot get the link about chocolate exports from Ukraine to load.


#News #AMA #AskMeAnything
#cocoa #cacao #cacau
#chocolate #chocolat #craftchocolate
#PodSaveChocolate #PodSaveChoc
#LaVidaCocoa #TheChocolateLife


Next Episodes

There will be no episode of PodSaveChocolate on Friday, April 5th because I will be on the road – heading to Albuquerque for the Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest.

Southwest Chocolate and Coffee Fest – The largest chocolate and coffee festival in the nation.

The Tuesday, April 9th episode of PodSaveChocolate will feature the Awards announcement for the 2024 Craft Chocolat Challenge!

The Friday, April 12th episode of PodSaveChocolate will be my Southwest Chocolate and Coffee Fest Roundup.

The Tuesday, April 16th episode will examine the high cost of expensive cocoa.


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