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Launching the Cacao of Excellence Awards 2023 Edition!

Nous sommes heureux de lancer l'édition 2023 des prix Cacao d'Excellence. Nos complace lanzar la…[+ more]

Fairtrade, Cacao of Excellence Launch Income Improvement Partnership for Cacao Farmers

Fairtrade International and the Cacao of Excellence Programme are joining forces in an effort to…[+ more]

Internships Opportunities: Communications and Operations

Cocoa of Excellence is looking for recent graduates to join the team as full-time interns in 2 main… [+ more]

Thank you for joining the COCOA of EXCELLENCE 2021 AWARDS CELEBRATIONS

Cocoa of Excellence proudly announces the new Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards for its 2021 Edition,… [+ more]

Congratulations to all the Cocoa of Excellence Gold, Silver and Bronze Award Winners 2021!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Cocoa of Excellence 2021 Awards Ceremony on 16 December…[+ more]

THE 2021 COCOA OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS to be celebrated on Thursday 16 December 2021

Cocoa of Excellence proudly announces the new Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards for its 2021 Edition,… [+ more]

BLIND EVALUATION OF THE 2021 BEST 50 COCOA SAMPLES - JURY

The 2021 best 50 cocoa bean samples were processed into a dark chocolate and evaluated blindly by… [+ more]

THE 2021 BEST 50 COCOA PRODUCERS ANNOUNCED

Cocoa of Excellence completed the blind evaluation of the 235 cocoa bean samples received from 53…[+ more]

THE 2021 COCOA OF EXCELLENCE LAUNCHED! DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF SAMPLES IS 31 JANUARY 2021

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and Salon du Chocolat announced the 2021 edition…[+ more]

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First Cacao of Excellence Core Training in Sensory Evaluation to be Held at the CoEx R&D Lab

The first Cacao of Excellence (CoEx) Core Training in Sensory Evaluation will take place in October 2026 at… [+ more]

Indonesian Researchers Strengthen Capacity Around Cacao Flavour Evaluation and Quality Assessment

As cacao-producing countries increasingly seek to strengthen their own capacity around flavour evaluation, processing innovation and quality… [+ more]