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More bitter chocolate
What the choco-giants are up to. |
Tom Philpott |
30 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| A couple of weeks ago, we noted here that Big Food is haranguing the FDA to loosen the definition of 'chocolate' to allow for adulteration. At the time, I didn't know why the industrial chocolate giants were agitating for this dubious cause. Now I think I know: cocoa-bean prices rose abruptly last year, pushed up by strong global demand and bad weather and political unrest in the Ivory Coast, the world's most prolific cocoa-producing nation. By scheming to subs ... |
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| Topics: Big Ag, food, Food and Drug Administration, politics (all these topics) |
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