• 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)
    cocoa (/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/), also called cacao (/kəˈkaʊ/), is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a...
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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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    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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    and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed...
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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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    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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  • 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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    Quararibea funebris (flor de cacao, flor de tejate, cacahuaxochitl, funeral tree, rosita de cacao, tejate; syn. Lexarza funebris) is a tree native to Mexico...
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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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    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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    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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    The history of chocolate dates back over 5,000 years. The cacao tree is native to the tropics of the Americas. The cocoa bean was first domesticated at...
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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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  • Viral and viroid diseases Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) Cacao yellow mosaic virus (CYMV) Cocoa necrosis virus (CNV)...
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  • processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste, and must be fermented to...
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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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    Grasshopper cocktail is equal parts green crème de menthe, white crème de cacao, and cream shaken with ice and strained into a chilled cocktail glass. A...
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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 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 cacao en natura causing cacao necrosis disease. CoNV is considered synonymous with Strain S of cacao swollen shoot virus. Unlike Cacao swollen...
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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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  • Venezuela. El Rey offers consumers gourmet chocolate made from fairly traded cacao beans directly from small and large-scale growers in Venezuela. El Rey has...
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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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