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Blommer is the largest cocoa processor and ingredient supplier in North America, processing over 45% of US cocoa imports. It is a founding member of the World Cocoa Foundation, which works to support sustainable cocoa production. The product line includes organic and fair-trade products.
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 ]
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.
Cocoa trees grow about 20 degrees north and south of the equator in regions with warm weather and abundant rain, including West Africa and South America. Climate change is expected to dry out the ...
This adds up to America producing about 1/5 of the world's demand for chocolate and the potential to have a major impact on the lives of cocoa farmers around the world. Founded in 2006, Theo Chocolate was the first bean-to-bar, Fair Trade and organic certified company in the United States. [31]
[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]
Most bulk cocoa is produced in West Africa. [6] Ghana produces the highest quality bulk beans, [2] as Cadbury has maintained its reputation based off using beans from Ghana and as Ghana has retained a high degree of structural control over its cocoa industry. Cocoa in Ghana is cultivated for a consistent flavor, which is understood in European ...
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