The cacao trees mature at five years and begin to flower on the trunk. The flowers are pollinated by midges, a small fly.

Medically reviewed by Aviv Joshua, MS Cacao is made from the beans of the Theobroma cacao evergreen tree. The tree belongs to the Malvaceae family, and the beans can be used to make edible products, ...

But this chocolate uses 100%. And this process uses just one ingredient: Raw cacao. The chocolate making process starts with the cacao pods. The beans are pulled from the pods and are lightly ...

It makes a fruit called cacao beans. Raw beans can be crushed into cacao powder. But if the beans are roasted first, they become cocoa powder. Unroasted cacao powder is more bitter than cocoa powder.

Raw sugar futures fell to a five-month low on ICE on Tuesday as news of India's return to the export trade hung over the ...

"Cocoa fermentation is a critical process in the production of chocolate, transforming raw cocoa beans into a form suitable for chocolate making," says Sarin Partrick, chief executive of India Cocoa.

Our first “job” was to plant raw cacao beans in small bags filled with rich soil, covering them with wood ash to discourage pests and provide fertilizer. We then placed these bags in the ...