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South Korea’s per capita coffee consumption is five times greater than consumption in the rest of the Asia Pacific region, and despite the economic downturn it continues to grow, particularly as the younger generation embraces Western coffee culture. According to the latest report on the market from the US Department of Agriculture’s Global Agricultural Information […]

Hershey’s reports that as evidence regarding the health benefits of consuming dark chocolate and cocoa mounts, there has been an ongoing debate about which products deliver the most flavanols, and if key steps in production of cocoa and chocolate may diminish the level of the compounds. In a recently published paper, scientists reported on the

Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business has unveiled details of the technology behind the first chocolate to achieve EU-approved ‘reduced calorie’ status. Cargill claims that the 30 per cent calorie reduction is double that of any other chocolate on the market and is equivalent to a saving of up to 160 calories for a 100g chocolate

New research undertaken at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) seems to confirm that consuming high concentrations of flavanols – such as those found in cocoa – lowers blood pressure, improves the health of blood vessels and increases the number of angiogenic cells circulating in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The findings, published

A study carried out by Chinese researchers suggests that consuming chocolate could reduce cholesterol levels in some people. Dr Rutai Hui of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College in Beijing found that chocolate could help people, but only those who already had risk factors for heart disease, and only when

Despite what it called “sustained economic challenges,” a consistent number of consumers in the US continue to drink coffee on any given day, according to new data from the National Coffee Association’s 2010 National Coffee Drinking Trends (NCDT) market research survey. In 2010, consumption of coffee in the past-day remained essentially unchanged compared with the

Although it is likely to narrowly miss earlier domestic consumption targets set for this year, Brazil’s domestic consumption continues to increase quickly, thanks to ongoing efforts to increase the quality of the coffee available to Brazilian consumers. Having jumped by more than 4 per cent in 2009 compared to the previous year, coffee consumption in