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Chocolate Processors Struggle With Factory Glut

World’s capacity for processing cocoa beans has grown faster than demand for finished products

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LONDON—As chocolate lovers ready themselves for an Easter weekend of sticky fingers and tight waistbands, the world’s cocoa processors are struggling with a problem even Willy Wonka himself would struggle to solve: a glut of chocolate factories.

As consumption of chocolate has risen, so has the capacity for turning raw beans into the cocoa butter and powder that become chocolate bars and eggs.

Rising cocoa prices have prompted...

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