Cocoa beans have been cultivated for thousands of years, and have been a revered and popular food. Humans have developed various ways to take these special beans and process them in such a way that, ...

A team has developed highly sensitive imaging methods at BESSY II to detect heavy metals such as cadmium in cocoa beans. Improved processing steps could reduce the burden People have been harvesting ...

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 ...