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Theobroma cacao (cacao tree or cocoa tree) is a small (6–12 m (20–39 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae. [1] [3] Its seeds - cocoa beans - are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate. [4] Although the tree is native to the tropics of the Americas, the largest producer of cocoa beans in 2022 was ...
The highest levels of cocoa flavanols are found in raw cocoa and to a lesser extent, dark chocolate, since flavonoids degrade during cooking used to make chocolate. [106] The beans contain theobromine, and between 0.1% and 0.7% caffeine, whereas dry coffee beans are about 1.2% caffeine. [107] Theobromine found in the cocoa solids is fat soluble ...
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The World Cocoa Foundation provides significantly lower figures for Indonesia, but concurs that it is the largest producer of cocoa beans outside of West Africa. [9] Large chocolate producers such as Cadbury , Hershey's , and Nestle buy Ivorian cocoa futures and options through Euronext whereby world prices are set.
[144] [145] That year some 50 million people around the world depended on cocoa as a source of livelihood. [146] As of 2007 in the UK, most chocolatiers purchase their chocolate from them, to melt, mold and package to their own design. [147] As of 2012, the Ivory Coast is the largest producer of cocoa in the world. [148]
Meanwhile, profits from chocolate sales at Lindt, Mondelez, Nestlé, and Hershey’s have risen to $6 billion total, with about 97% of the income going back to shareholders, Oxfam found.
Cocoa was the top-performing commodity of 2024. The price of the bean surged as headwinds battered key producers. Prices are likely to stay high into 2025, analysts at ING said.
Theobroma is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.It was previously classified as a member of Sterculiaceae, which has been incorporated into Malvaceae to make it monophyletic.