date:Oct 08, 2013
For nearly the past five years cocoa powder has driven the cocoa market, rising to historic highs in 2011, in part due to the global economic slowdown that created strong demand for (then) lower-priced powder over traditionally higher-priced cocoa butter. But the market appears to have returned to its more traditional scenario with cocoa butter in the drivers seat and cocoa powder fading somewhat into the background.
To set the stage, when the global economy sank in 2008, demand for higher-pric