Cocoa bean fermentation is a complex and dynamic microbiological process that transforms harvested cocoa pods into precursors essential for flavour and quality in chocolate production. This process ...

Producing chocolate, one of the world's most beloved sweets, is a multistep process beginning with freshly harvested cocoa beans. People have been experimenting with chocolate-making for millennia, ...

On March 30, 2016, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Spero dismissed a pair of class action suits against Nestle USA and Hershey Co. alleging the two chocolate companies should have printed information ...

JAKARTA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Indonesia's cocoa industry expects to process 360,000 tonnes of beans in both 2015 and 2016, down around 10 percent from last year due to a declining local crop and ...

Here is what you should know about PGPR, including how it wound up in chocolate in the first place, and how safe the ...

The Israeli biotech company says it’s bio-identical to cocoa butter extracted from the bean, both chemically and functionally ...

In this short recipe video, I show you how to make chocolate from cocoa beans. This, from cocoa pod to chocolate bar recipe, is so fun, and the process is fascinating. #chocolate #cacao #cocoabeans #h ...

Like chocolate, cocoa powder is made from cacao beans. After the beans are processed into a paste known as chocolate liqueur, some of the cocoa butter is removed and the remaining solids are ...

The slowdown at cocoa factories across the world is continuing to deepen, indicating that the impact of last year’s scorching ...