Theobroma cacao
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Theobroma cacao is a small evergreen tree in the Malvaceae family. Its seeds—cocoa beans when dried and fermented—are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa powder, cocoa butter and chocolate. Although
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Cacao flowers
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Toasted cacao beans, ready for use
Chocolate
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Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans. It can be a liquid, solid, or paste. It is eaten on its own and used to flavor other foods.
Theobroma cacao
…evergreen tree in the Malvaceae family. Its seeds—cocoa beans when dried and fermented—are used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa powder, cocoa butter and chocolate. Although the tree is native to the tropics of the Americas, the largest producer of cocoa beans in 2022 was Côte d'Ivoire. The plant's leaves are…
Chocolate bars in dark, white, and milk variants (top to bottom).
Mexica. Man Carrying a Cacao Pod, 1440–1521
One of the first mass-produced chocolate bars, Fry's Chocolate Cream, was produced by Fry's in 1866.
Barks made of different varieties of chocolate