Even the most novice home cooks are familiar with chocolate, but consuming the fleshy fruit surrounding raw cacao seeds isn't ...

Cacao pods, which grow directly from the trunk and branches of the cacao tree, contain seeds surrounded by a sweet-tasting ...

Scientists have discovered a new way of making chocolate that uses the entire cocoa pod to reduce waste and improve farmer revenue streams. But can chocolate made any other way taste as sweet?

Grows naturally in humid, tropical forests and is native to Mexico, Central America and northern South America The fruit - the cocoa pod - contains seeds surrounded by a white pulp. When the seeds ...

In India, cacao was first planted as a garden tree during the British rule, but large-scale cultivation didn’t begin until ...

George Matthew moved into cocoa production to keep his farm going If it hadn't been for the squirrels, George Matthew's attempt to become a cocoa bean producer might have failed. His farming ...