Cocoa bean fermentation is a complex and dynamic microbiological process that transforms harvested cocoa pods into precursors essential for flavour and quality in chocolate production. This process ...

Acetobacter pasteurianus 386B has been selected as a candidate functional starter culture to better control the cocoa fermentation process. Previously, its genome has been sequenced and a genome-scale ...

Producing chocolate, one of the world's most beloved sweets, is a multistep process beginning with freshly harvested cocoa beans. People have been experimenting with chocolate-making for millennia, ...

Chocolate production is a multi-step process that starts with freshly harvested cocoa beans. Researchers reporting in the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have ...

Producing chocolate, one of the world’s most beloved sweets, is a multistep process beginning with freshly harvested cocoa beans. People have been experimenting with chocolate-making for millennia, ...

The chocolate industry is having a meltdown. Cocoa prices have doubled since the start of the year, as crops in West Africa — which produces 80% of the world’s cocoa — have been hit by droughts made ...

The perfect recipe for the finest chocolate flavor has been fermented by the application of science, according to new research. Scientists identified "key" factors that influence the flavor of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cacao beans undergoing fermentation on a cacao plantation in the Dominican Republic. (Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/Universal Images Group ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. MUNICH — A few years ago, food ...