It made him wonder whether chocolate could exist without cacao. Almost a decade later, the answer came not from the tuber but ...

Cacao beans are processed through fermentation, roasting and grinding to make chocolate flavoring. They only comprise 30% of the harvested weight of the Cacao crop Cacao is harvested as pods, only 30% ...

Making chocolate is a sacred process, particularly for descendants of the ancient Mesoamerica, and for those looking to reconnect with ancestral practices, like Stephanie Villegas of Xochitl Vegan, a ...

Cocoa pods are comprised of cocoa beans, pods, endocarp and pulp. Credit: Cristina Aldehuela / Getty. Working alongside chocolatiers in the food industry, researchers at ETH Zurich say they have ...

The cocoa pod has a lot of potential. The fruit, for example, can be used in concentrate fruit juices and alcoholic drinks, and be made into snacks and ice-cream. But can this be taken full circle, ...

Quality chocolate costs more for reasons that start on the farm but then build through labor, climate stress, and global ...

In this episode of In The Kitchen With Matt, I am going to show you how to make chocolate with cocoa powder. This homemade chocolate recipe is so amazing and only using three ingredients! It creates a ...

While scrolling through Instagram one day, I received a targeted ad for a tropical fruit box. I’d recently been seeing TikToks of various influencers trying different tropical fruits, and I’d been a ...

Chocolate is usually the go-to present for Valentine’s Day. The sweet and smooth treat is ubiquitous with decadence and ...