In this short recipe video, I show you how to make chocolate from cocoa beans. This, from cocoa pod to chocolate bar recipe, ...

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 ...

We could soon taste new kinds of chocolate after the discovery of fungi and bacteria that produce fruity and caramel notes from cocoa beans. Chocolate is typically made by fermenting cocoa beans from ...

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 ...

Chocolate is one of the world’s most treasured foods, but behind its endearing taste lies a surprisingly complicated science. A new study from the University of Nottingham, published in Nature ...

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 ...