Forms of the cocoa bean during production The cocoa bean (technically cocoa seed) or simply cocoa (/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/), also called cacao (/kəˈkaʊ/), is the dried...

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...

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...

chocolate". A "cocoa product" is defined as a food product that is sourced from cocoa beans and contains "cocoa nibs, cocoa liquor, cocoa mass, unsweetened...

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...

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...

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...

form Cocoa butter – Pale-yellow, edible fat extracted from the cocoa bean Cocoa solids – Mixture remaining after cocoa butter is extracted from cocoa beans...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. West Africa...

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

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...

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...

000 years. The cacao tree is native to the tropics of the Americas. The cocoa bean was first domesticated at least 5,300 years ago in what is present-day...

issue in cocoa production. Cote d’Ivoire (also known in English as Ivory Coast) and Ghana, together produce nearly 60% of the world's cocoa each year...

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...

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

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...

ultimately stem from the same root word. Displayed at right is the color cocoa brown. At a hue of 25, it is classified as an orange-brown. Russet is a...

improved cocoa into Britain. A new cocoa press developed in the Netherlands removed some of the unpalatable cocoa butter from the cocoa bean. The firm...

cacao harvest. Chuao Bay Cacao beans Chuao cocoa beans under the sun Plaza de Secado. The Church yard where the cocoa beans are sun dried. Plaza de Secado...

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...