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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 ...
[4] [5] [6] Ivory Coast overtook Ghana as the world's leading producer of cocoa beans in 1978, and today is highly dependent on the crop, which accounts for 40% of national export income. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The primary non-African competitor of Ivory Coast is Indonesia, which went from having almost nonexistent domestic cocoa industry in the 1970s to ...
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.
[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]
The cocoa tree was first grown successfully on the island of Príncipe in 1824. [1] A dormant volcano, Príncipe is particularly well-suited for the cocoa tree because of its volcanic soil. [32] Cocoa plantations cover 25,000 hectares (62,000 acres) of the island of São Tomé, mainly in its northern and central areas. [33]
Gabriel Sie Kwadwo, a cocoa farmer with a household of 10, said their standard of living has greatly reduced because of climate change, adding “it brings you back to zero”.
Cocoa beans and cocoa harvest processing. Ghana's cocoa production grew an average of 16 per cent between 2000 and 2003. [18] Cocoa has a long production cycle, far longer than many other tropical crops, and new hybrid varieties need over five years to come into production, and a further 10 to 15 years for the tree to reach its full bearing potential.