Theobroma cacao is the tropical tree that produces the cacao fruit. When the cacao fruit is in its purest form, it's comprised of two components: the sweet white or yellow pulp inside the fruit known ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich — a public research university in Zürich, Switzerland — have developed a type of chocolate that makes use of an agricultural waste stream and is more sustainable and ...

ZURICH, March 18 (Reuters) - As confectionery groups scramble to reduce added sugar, chocolate sweetened with cocoa fruit pulp is about to hit supermarket shelves with food giant Nestle (NESN.S), ...

Blue Stripes has recently unleashed a broad line of cacao-based products made from underutilized and wasted parts of the cacao fruit to Whole Foods stores nationwide and will be launching its star ...

Xoca (pronounced sho’ka) is hoping to stand out in the notoriously competitive functional beverage set with a new line of sparkling, “slightly fermented” drinks made with 50% juice from cacao fruit, ...

Cacao fruit is emerging as a new kid on the block, with some major players in the confectionery industry believing in its potential as an ingredient beyond being the world’s source of cocoa. Products ...

Researchers have developed a type of chocolate that is more sustainable and nutritious than conventional varieties. Cocoa-fruit chocolate uses cocoa fruit jelly as a replacement for powdered sugar, ...

Cacao fruit, or cocoa fruit, is drawn from the same pod as cocoa beans. Normally thrown away, the juice, pulp and peel of the pod can be used as a sweetener in a range of products. Across Europe and ...

Barry Callebaut has debuted the world’s first chocolate made with the entire cacao fruit in San Francisco, including its nutrient-dense peel and fruity pulp juice. The Swiss chocolatier said its ...

Start-up Koa is repurposing the pulp and juice of the cocoa fruit for food and drink manufacturers. By bringing a ‘previously unknown’ taste to the European market, the Swiss-Ghanaian operation says ...

In the United States, milk chocolate is required to contain cocoa butter. But companies around the world skirt the issue by ...