• Look up Cacao or cacao in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cacao is the seed from which cocoa and chocolate are made, from Spanish cacao, an adaptation...
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    Theobroma 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...
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    Cocoa bean (redirect from Cacao bean)
    simply as cocoa (/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/) or cacao (/kəˈkaʊ/), is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a...
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    Chocolate (section Cacao)
    consumed cacao beverages, of which one, chocolate, was introduced to Europe in the 16th century. The seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) have an...
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    a recipe for a chocolate liqueur (ratafia de chocolat, also ratafia de cacao). An early 19th-century American cookbook, published in 1825 and preserved...
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    Roasted cacao nibs, pieces of cocoa kernels, are powdered and melted into chocolate liquor....
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    Maria Cacao is the diwata or mountain goddess associated with Mount Lantoy in Argao, Cebu, Philippines. The Maria Cacao legend is a prominent example...
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    The history of chocolate dates back over 5,000 years, when the cacao tree was first domesticated in present-day southeast Ecuador. Soon introduced to...
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  • The growing of cacao or cocoa boasts a long history stretching from the colonial times. Originating from Mesoamerican forests, cacao was first introduced...
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  • El Cacao may refer to: El Cacao, Los Santos El Cacao, Panamá Oeste El Cacao, Veraguas, Panama This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical...
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  • Itzia, Tango & Cacao (Spanish: Itzia, tango y cacao) is a 2023 Colombian drama film directed and starred by Flora Martínez in her directorial debut. The...
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  • Barry Callebaut (redirect from Cacao Barry)
    2021/2022). It was created in 1996 through the merging of the French company Cacao Barry and the Belgian chocolate producer Callebaut. It is currently based...
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    simply referred to as gliricidia or by its Spanish common name madre de cacao (also anglicized as mother of cocoa), is a medium size leguminous tree belonging...
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    Cocoa butter (redirect from Cacao butter)
    is a pale-yellow, edible fat extracted from the cocoa bean (Theobroma cacao). It is used to make chocolate, as well as some ointments, toiletries, and...
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  • Viral and viroid diseases Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) Cacao yellow mosaic virus (CYMV) Cocoa necrosis virus (CNV)...
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  • Regenerative cacao is defined as cacao (also known as "cocoa") that is produced on a farm that employs regenerative agriculture and agroforestry methods...
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    Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Caulimoviridae that primarily infects cacao trees. It decreases cacao yield...
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    codical gods, is a Postclassic Maya merchant deity and patron deity of cacao. Ek Chuah is part of a pantheon of Maya deities that have been depicted...
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    Cacao is a village in French Guiana, lying on the Comté river [fr] to the south of Cayenne. Most of the population are Hmong farmers, refugees from Laos...
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    Theobroma (family Malvaceae), which also contains the better-known Theobroma cacao (cocoa tree). It is found in Central and South America, including stretches...
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    Tejate [teˈxate] is a non-alcoholic maize and cacao beverage traditionally made in Oaxaca, Mexico, originating from pre-Hispanic times. It remains very...
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    Brazilian cacao cycle or boom was a period in Brazil's economic history in which the country remained between first and second in world cacao production...
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    de cacao, madre de cacao, coco mama, swizzle stick tree, cacahuaxochitl or cacaoxochitl, (Nahuatl = chocolate flower) rosa de cacao, rosita de cacao, tepecacao...
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    Theobromine, also known as xantheose, is the principal alkaloid of Theobroma cacao (cacao plant). Theobromine is slightly water-soluble (330 mg/L) with a bitter...
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    white chocolate varieties). Some other industry experts have said that some cacao pods are naturally pink or purple in colour, and thus pink chocolate has...
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    Cocoa solids (redirect from Cacao powder)
    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...
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    tropical forests of Central and South America. The seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), the best known species of the genus, are used for making chocolate...
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  • chocolate manufacturer. The company uses only premium-grade, locally grown cacao for all of its products. One of the oldest chocolate manufacturers in Venezuela...
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    king sitting upon a jaguar throne. An alternative name is the Temple of Ah Cacao, after the ruler buried in the temple. Temple I is a typically Petén-styled...
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    the rare Nacional cocoa bean variety. To'ak Chocolate's Heirloom Nacional cacao bar has been dubbed "the world's most expensive chocolate bar" by CNBC in...
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