Forms of the cocoa bean during production The cocoa bean, also known simply as cocoa (/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/) or cacao (/kəˈkaʊ/), is the dried and fully fermented...

Cocoa butter, also called theobroma oil, is a pale-yellow, edible fat extracted from the cocoa bean (Theobroma cacao). It is used to make chocolate, as...

cacao (cacao tree or cocoa tree) is a small (6–12 m (20–39 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae. Its seeds, cocoa beans, are used to make chocolate...

in which one turkey cost 100 cocoa beans and one fresh avocado was worth three beans. The Maya and Aztecs associated cocoa with human sacrifice, and chocolate...

Look up Cocoa or cocoa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cocoa may refer to: Chocolate Theobroma cacao, the cocoa tree Cocoa bean, seed of Theobroma...

Dry cocoa solids are the components of cocoa beans remaining after cocoa butter, the fatty component of the bean, is extracted from chocolate liquor, roasted...

begins with the extraction of cocoa powder from the cocoa bean. These cocoa beans are harvested from cocoa trees and are left to dry for about ten days before...

Chocolate liquor, also called cocoa liquor, is pure cocoa in liquid or semi-solid form. It is produced from cocoa bean nibs that have been fermented, dried...

temperature (25 °C (77 °F)) because the melting point of cocoa butter, the only white cocoa bean component, is 35 °C (95 °F). Like the other two main types...

at a cocoa bean casing, they're actually sort of pink and purple when you see photographs of them. So actually the natural colour for a cocoa bean can...

chocolate. About 54–58% of the cocoa nibs is cocoa butter. Raw chocolate contains cocoa solids and cocoa butter, from the cacao beans. Dark chocolates' high caffeine...

A bean-to-bar company produces chocolate by processing cocoa beans into a product in-house, rather than merely melting chocolate from another manufacturer...

The Nacional is a rare variety of cocoa bean found in areas of South America such as Ecuador and Peru. The Ecuadorian cacao variety called Nacional traces...

from which cocoa and chocolate are made, from Spanish cacao, an adaptation of Nahuatl cacaua, the root form of cacahuatl ("bean of the cocoa-tree"). It...

milk solids without cocoa solids Broma process – Method of extracting cocoa butter from cocoa beans Dutch process cocoa – Cocoa that has been treated...

hobbyist gardeners, although the majority of cocoa consumed was imported. To make chocolate, the beans were fermented, dried and roasted. The Maya removed...

unripe cocoa bean pod and is not the color of chocolate, a highly processed product, at all. The historical and traditional name for this color is cocoa brown...

fat from cocoa beans by hydraulic press around 1828, forming the basis for cocoa powder. These developments greatly expanded the use of cocoa, and reduced...

recurring issue in cocoa production. Ivory Coast and Ghana, together produce nearly 60% of the world's cocoa each year. During the 2018/19 cocoa-growing season...

production and export of the cocoa beans used in the manufacture of chocolate, as of 2012[update], supplying 38% of cocoa produced in the world. The country...

one of Cortés' officers saw him drinking "chocolatl" (made of powdered cocoa beans and ground corn flavored with ground vanilla pods and honey). The Spanish...

hand over their valuables, Cortés returned to Spain in 1528, bringing cocoa beans and chocolate drink making equipment with them. At this time, chocolate...

cocoa company. The variety was in development from 2004, and was released to the public in 2017. The chocolate type is made from the Ruby cocoa bean,...

Askinosie. All bean-to-bar chocolate makers process whole cocoa beans into a final product versus melting chocolate or starting with ground cocoa mass for use...

Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company is a chocolate company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Omanhene's chocolate beans come from the forests...

slighter resemblances, such as coffee beans, vanilla beans, castor beans, and cocoa beans. Thus the term "bean" in general usage can refer to a host of...

cocoa. Although all chocolate is made from cocoa beans, a natural source of cocoa flavanols, not all chocolate or cocoa-based products contain cocoa flavanols...

four centuries ago. Since then the Philippine cocoa industry has been the primary producer of cocoa beans in Southeast Asia. There are many areas of production...

1,499 Metric Tons of cocoa beans (2018: 2,115) and was number 32 among the cocoa-producing countries. The export of cocoa beans accounts for 0.5% of global...

multidimensional poverty. In 2020, Ivory Coast was the world's largest exporter of cocoa beans and had high levels of income for its region. The economy still relies...