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Inside the Chocolate Crisis

The Food Programme by BBC

Jul 24, 202641:34Arts

Soaring cacao prices broke all records and then they crashed. Dan Saladino explores the fallout, the impact on farmers, their communities, industry players and chocolate lovers. Produced and presented by Dan Saladino

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Inside the Chocolate Crisis is an episode from The Food Programme by BBC. Soaring cacao prices broke all records and then they crashed. Dan Saladino explores the fallout, the impact on farmers, their communities, industry players and chocol...

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Published Jul 24, 2026, 41:34 long, audio available.

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