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2024 April

2024-04-01 Due to global climate change, cocoa hit its highest spike in price. Companies used shrinkflation tactics like less than 10% chocolate in some of their products and replacing them with chocolate compound. Companies also replaced cocoa butter with palm kernel oil. The FDA required those companies to re-label their products as “chocolate candy” or “chocolatey” in lieu of “milk chocolate” when reaching below-10% margins. It is estimated that due to climate change chocolate production could come to a halt around 2050.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/candy-makers-quietly-change-recipes-as-climate-change-hits-cocoa-industry

https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/chocolates-climate-crisis/

https://eciu.net/analysis/reports/2025/climate-impacts-on-cocoa

https://www.renewablematter.eu/en/why-price-cocoa-dropping-but-chocolate-rising

https://theconversation.com/why-does-chocolate-cost-so-much-this-easter-when-cocoas-price-is-at-a-3-year-low-279209

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/cocoa