When it comes to countries that produce chocolate, Switzerland and Belgium may be among the first to come to mind. But ...

From raw cacao beans to creamy bars, I made real chocolate completely from scratch. Roasting, grinding, and tasting every step of the way.

Once dismissed as too bitter, too hard, or simply too niche, cocoa nibs are now stepping into the global spotlight. These ...

EMKAO Foods, the winner of the 2025 Binghamton Business Plan Competition, is a cacao company focusing on supporting small ...

Nigeria earnings from raw cocoa beans export to The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France have reached N2.89 trillion within two years as Federal Government is targeting 500,000 tonnes of processed ...

Nearly a century later, chocolate lovers are still wondering: What is white chocolate? Made from the same cacao beans as other chocolates, white chocolate is produced with a little twist.

While Nigeria traditionally exports raw cocoa, there's immense, largely untapped potential in local processing—transforming beans into higher-value products like cocoa butter or powder.

Raw cacao beans are bitter and virtually inedible (Figure 2). For the making of chocolate, cacao beans have to be fermented, roasted, ground and then separated into cocoa powder and cocoa butter. [14] ...

It is assumed that the color of the raw beans comes from polyphenolic compounds and anthocyanins which, during fermentation process, form poly-condensate products responsible for the typical brown ...

Cocoa prices today extended this week's rally and posted 1-week highs. The outlook for smaller cocoa supplies from Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, is pushing prices ...

At their sister concern Distinct Origins’ Cacao Fermentary in West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, and the Manam Chocolate Karkhana in Hyderabad, I watched the alchemical transformation of cacao beans.

Belizean beans packed for export. Belizean cacao is known for its superior quality, which Jose Coy attributes in part to traditional methods of cultivation within agroforestry systems.