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Podcast: The Afternoon Update with Lynlee Foo
Episode: From bean to bar: Turning to innovation to overcome cocoa shortage
Description: Chocolate makers are struggling to afford cocoa, which has risen in price by 400% in a year, rising in price by 400% in a year. How are industry players addressing this major challenge to ensure that consumers still get to enjoy our chocolates without burning a hole in our pockets? This World Chocolate Day (July 7), Lynlee Foo finds out more from Francesca Kleemans, Managing Director for Food Solutions, Southeast Asia at Cargill which is the world's second largest cocoa processor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.