Asia’s chocolate bonanza spurs quest for local beans


Workers empty a bag of cocoa beans in a warehouse at an Olam International Ltd. cocoa factory in Singapore, on Monday, July 19, 2019. Asia’s cocoa industry is scouring for ways to boost local bean supplies as the region’s chocoholics munch through more candy than ever.

KUALA LUMPUR: Asia’s cocoa industry is scouring for ways to boost local bean supplies as the region’s chocoholics munch through more candy than ever.

The solution is to increase production in Indonesia, the top supplier and processor in the region, according to the Cocoa Association of Asia.

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