Chocolate connoisseurs, rejoice: scientists have dug deep into cacao bean fermentation, a crucial part of the chocolate-making process, to come up with a list of key environmental factors that ...

A real-life chocolate factory is now open in Carmel Valley. At the new Seabreeze Craft Chocolate in Piazza Carmel, owner and chocolatier Jim Lantry gives customers an up-close look at the ...

Cocoa pods are comprised of cocoa beans, pods, endocarp and pulp. Credit: Cristina Aldehuela / Getty. Working alongside chocolatiers in the food industry, researchers at ETH Zurich say they have ...

Step into Juzhong Tan’s chocolate factory located in the University of Delaware’s O.A. Newton Building. Cacao beans clank against a cracking machine as Tan feeds them through to deshell them. The ...

There's cacao powder, cacao nibs and cacao butter. You may have seen packages with the words cocoa and cacao or used the words interchangeably, but there is a subtle difference between the two. The ...

Additionally, the equipment’s sanitary construction complies with international food safety standards, making it particularly suitable for large-scale commercial operations. Complementing this, the ...