You might be surprised to hear that the rich, sweet stuff is made from a fruit — cacao fruit, to be exact, which houses cacao ...

Cacao fruit in the Ecuadorean rainforest, where a cacao-based substance was first ingested In the 17th century, a heated debate blew up between two orders of Catholic monks over whether or not ...

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Speaking to Just Food, Mishra explains: “If you imagine the cocoa fruit, you have to think of it like a melon or a pumpkin.

Cacao beans held great prominence in the daily lives of Mesoamerican Indians. According to the Mayan and Mexica religions, cacao had divine origins as the god Quetzalcoatl discovered cacao. Cacao ...

A collaboration between Abertay University and a food biotechnology company has led to the development of an innovative solution to address the ongoing global cocoa shortage. Academics from ...