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With Cocoa Butter at $28,000, More Companies Go for ‘Chocolatey’
More packaged food companies are evaluating cocoa-free substitutes in their chocolate-flavored treats as raw material costs stay high.
Cocoa-butter alternatives are popular in chocolate-like drizzles and coatings.
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Foodmakers who’ve already shrunk packaging and raised chocolate prices to weather this year’s run-up in cocoa costs are rapidly rewriting recipes to use none of the stuff at all.
That’s according to the growing number of companies that supply cocoa-butter alternatives. They’re rapidly launching new product lines and growing volumes as demand for their cocoa-free products soars alongside the price of cocoa beans.