Cocoa

Complexities of the cocoa powder and cocoa butter markets

 

Complexities of the cocoa powder and cocoa butter markets--

 

Price relationships between beans, butter, and powder are never as straightforward as buyers would like.  A change in one component can change the price of the other component in a reverse direction, have no effect at all—or even change the price in the same direction.  It is not a zero-sum ratio even when markets are behaving “normally”.

 

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