The volatile price of cocoa has sent major food brands scrambling to find alternatives with a similar taste and mouthfeel. The price of cocoa shot up from $2,846 per metric ton at the start of 2023 to as high as $10,710 per ton in 2025, and has only recently come down to around $2,471 per ton. For large food brands, that kind of volatility is hard to work with, hence the search for a broader range of cocoa-free chocolate. Barry Callebaut, a brand you have probably never heard of but which is indeed the largest cocoa processor and chocolate ingredient supplier in the world, hopes to have a cocoa-free chocolate called ChoViva, derived from sunflower seeds, available in the U.S. as soon as this year.
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