Planet A Foods bets on sunflower-seed chocolate alternative ChoViva amid 2024–2025 cocoa crisis

German startup Planet A Foods has launched ChoViva, a chocolate alternative made from sunflower seeds, which has been adopted by multiple mid-sized and large European chocolate manufacturers. The company says ChoViva carries a 73.6% lower carbon footprint than conventional chocolate and does not rely on cocoa beans. The article links the industry’s push toward alternative ingredients to the cocoa crisis spanning 2024–2025 and projections that around 2050, 50% of global cocoa supply could be lost. Planet A Foods produces 10,000 tonnes of ChoViva a year, with partners including manufacturers in Switzerland, Belgium and France’s Abtey.