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Weekend Long Read: Why Climate Change Is Making Your Chocolate More Expensive

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Weekend Long Read: Why Climate Change Is Making Your Chocolate More Expensive

Published: Feb. 7, 2026  9:00 a.m.  GMT+8

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On Nov. 13 in Belém, Brazil, at Dona’s Chocolate Plantation, a guide picks and cuts open an almost-ripe cacao pod, inviting visitors to taste the pulp. Photo: Zhang Ruixue/Caixin

(Belem, Brazil) — Adriana Reis walked onto the podium with a worry that keeps her up at night.

“I’ve already eaten a ‘cocoa-free’ chocolate, and the taste was surprisingly similar,” said Adriana Reis, a biologist and founder of the Brazil Cocoa Innovation Center. Despite studying cocoa for 25 years, she fears a future where affordable chocolate might no longer contain the actual crop.

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