Scientists say chocolate is in danger of disappearing rather quickly

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 18: View of chocolate at the '40th Anniversary of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory' event on October 18, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

There is some very sad news, chocolate lovers.

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International Business Times reported that chocolate could vanish as early as 2050, about 30 years from now. Now scientists are fighting to save the plant that brings the world delicacy, the cacao plant.

Cacao plants can only survive in a handful of specific regions, but those regions have since become volatile. The plants are frequent victims of fungal disease, climate change and Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus, or CSSVD.

Scientists and researchers at places like UC Berkeley and Mars, Incorporated hope to use technology to modify the cacao plant seeds to become adaptable to more climates.

And the technology wouldn’t just stop at cacao leaves.

Jennifer Doudna, geneticist and inventor of the CRISPR being used on the cacao seeds, thinks the experiment could change the way food is grown.

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“Personally, I’d love a tomato plant with fruit that stayed on the vine longer,” she said.

But all is not terrible in the land of chocolate news.

World-renowned Swiss chocolatier Barry Callebaut unveiled another type of chocolate called “ruby chocolate” in September.

The pink-hued creation with berry undertones joined the ranks of dark, milk and white chocolate nearly 80 years after the introduction of white chocolate. The ruby chocolate does not obtain its color or flavoring from additives. Instead, the chocolate was created following over a decade of testing a special cocoa bean.

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