Unfortunately, most chocolate manufacturers today only seek out the seeds, also known as beans, inside of the cacao fruit. To make the chocolate we're all familiar with, the beans transform under ...

Cacao fruit might be the source of cocoa beans but it can be used for more than dessert-y type foods. From pasta infusions to dying shoes, here's the score.

Brands like Barry Callebaut and Lindt embrace upcycled cacao fruit, reducing waste and boosting sustainability. Discover how ...

On the rainy side of Hawai‘i Island, Daeus Bencomo steps through fresh mud in his cowboy boots, rows of leafy cacao trees on ...

Cacao fruit in the Ecuadorean rainforest ... Only one chocolate bar has ever been made from British-grown cocoa beans Growing cocoa beans is a tricky business. The plants only thrive close ...

Chocolate itself first began as Xocolatl, or “bitter water,” a spiced drink made from ground cacao beans, chiles and spices that originated with the Aztecs and Mayans. Xocolatl “was mostly ...

Some have estimated that around one in 400-500 cocoa flowers will produce fruit, and only 10% to 30% of pods will reach ... Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa produces around 40% of the world's cocoa beans.

A close-up of an opened cacao fruit, next to cocoa beans and cocoa powder on a rough wooden table - wasanajai/Shutterstock ...