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Butter Buds’s Cocoa Butter Buds offers alternative to cocoa powder

March 9, 2025

Ingredient name new executives while touting ingredient solutions and systemic reviews.

Pepsi says goodbye to 2021 with newest social campaign

Pepsi 'Cocoa' Cola release pending if tweet reaches 2,021 retweets

December 17, 2020

As the unofficial beverage of winter, hot cocoa is getting a new twist thanks to the latest product innovation from Pepsi.

Chocolate remains hugely popular worldwide

Indulgent chocolate formulates non-alcohol and alcohol drinks

October 14, 2019

Consumers’ obsession with the indulgent goodness of chocolate is being sought after and savored in beverages year-round.

Prova Procao Beverage Industry October 2017

Chocolate’s mass consumer appeal resonates in beverages

Nutritional drinks use chocolate to add layer of indulgence

Barbara Harfmann

October 18, 2017

As consumers continue to opt for food and beverages to help improve their health and wellness, the richness and indulgence of chocolate likely will remain a dominant ingredient in the beverage market.

PureCircle unveils stevia-based flavor enhancers

Flavor enhancers launch in vanilla and cocoa varieties

September 15, 2017

PureCircle is launching new stevia leaf-based flavor enhancers that augment both vanilla and cocoa flavors.

The Baron Samedi Spiced Rum

June 22, 2016

Campari America introduced a new addition to its rum portfolio: The Baron Samedi Spiced Rum.

WhiteWave foods announces initiative to source sustainable cocoa

All North American brands to be impacted

February 5, 2016

The WhiteWave Foods Co., Denver, announced that 100 percent of the cocoa powder sourced across its portfolio of plant-based, dairy and creamer products within its Americas Foods & Beverages segment will be independently certified sustainable by the end of 2016. All WhiteWave brands based in North America, including Silk, So Delicious Dairy Free, Vega, Horizon Organic and International Delight, using cocoa as an ingredient will make the transition, the company says.

David Michael & Co. relaunches Cocoa-Mate

November 15, 2013

In response to higher cocoa prices, David Michael & Co. relaunched Cocoa-Mate, its line of cocoa extenders that are functionally capable of replacing up to 50 percent of the cocoa powder used in a finished product, the company says.

Chocolate’s popularity invites new ingredient formats

Jennifer Storelli

November 15, 2012

Once considered a food of the gods by Aztec and Mayan cultures, chocolate today is an affordable indulgence with some health benefits that has retained its popularity even during rough economic times.