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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 Malvaceae family. [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 cocoa bean, also known as cocoa (/ ˈ k oʊ. k oʊ /) or cacao (/ k ə ˈ k aʊ /), [1] is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances) and cocoa butter (the fat) can be extracted. Cacao trees are native to the Amazon rainforest.
Theobromine, also known as xantheose, is the principal alkaloid of Theobroma cacao (cacao plant). [4] Theobromine is slightly water- soluble (330 mg/L) with a bitter taste. [ 5 ] In industry, theobromine is used as an additive and precursor to some cosmetics . [ 4 ]
A tropical evergreen tree called Theobroma cacao bears large, oval pods containing the bean-like cacao seeds that today are roasted and turned into cocoa and multitudes of chocolate confections ...
Cacao and cocoa both come from cacao beans and they can be used interchangeably in a recipe, but they offer different health benefits. If You Want To Get The Health Benefits Of Chocolate, Choose ...
Theobroma grandiflorum, commonly known as cupuaçu, also spelled cupuassu, cupuazú, cupu assu, or copoazu, is a tropical rainforest tree related to cacao. [2] Native and common throughout the Amazon basin, it is naturally cultivated in the jungles of northern Brazil, with the largest production in Pará, Amazonas and Amapá, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. [2]
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.
Chocolate is created from the cocoa bean. A cacao tree with fruit pods in various stages of ripening. Chocolate is made from cocoa beans, the dried and fermented seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), a small, 4–8 m tall (15–26 ft tall) evergreen tree native to the deep tropical region of the Americas.