Lab-grown chocolate tastes identical to regular dark chocolate and could solve supply problems.

The world's insatiable love of chocolate is facing a challenge as climate change threatens the rainforests where cocoa beans grow, but don't panic yet because scientists may have found a sweet ...

Not all chocolate bars are created equal. With lab-grown cocoa and synthetic substitutes flooding the market, experts explain ...

Cocoa substitutes are entering the chocolate market as the confectionery industry responds to volatile bean prices and supply ...

The chocolate industry is having a meltdown. Cocoa prices have doubled since the start of the year, as crops in West Africa — which produces 80% of the world’s cocoa — have been hit by droughts made ...

Seamus Blackley, a tech executive known best for inventing the Xbox game console, inspects his cacao trees. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) There are technological and biological wonders inside the ...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate lovers need not despair, say companies that are researching other ways ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Chocolate makers are trying to get ahead of climate change. That involves food scientists researching new ways to grow cocoa beans. The company California Cultured is growing ...

Consumers may soon see products containing cocoa-free chocolate appearing on shelves as confectionery manufacturers look to manage increased ...

Cocoa supply shocks, soaring prices and new regulations are pushing food manufacturers toward reduced‑cocoa and cocoa‑free ...