Any chocolate lover can probably tell you that cacao is the most important ingredient in any chocolate confection. But not ...

You might be surprised to hear that the rich, sweet stuff is made from a fruit — cacao fruit, to be exact, which houses cacao ...

Cocoa powder vs. cacao powder The plant used to make chocolate is called the cacao tree. It makes a fruit called cacao beans. Raw beans can be crushed into cacao powder. But if the beans are ...

Climate change is substantially affecting cocoa production in a region of Africa that accounts for more than 70% of global ...

As cocoa prices continue to fluctuate on the higher end, cocoa powder and cocoa fat solutions may provide some relief for ...

An RD dishes on the benefits of cocoa flavanols for your heart and brain—and shares one simple way to incorporate them into ...

According to organicfacts.net the cacao tree stands about 12 to 25 feet tall and grows naturally in tropical climates. The fruit of the cocoa tree is a pod full of sweet pulp enfolding a cluster ...

Cacao fruit in the Ecuadorean rainforest, where a cacao-based substance was first ingested In the 17th century, a heated debate blew up between two orders of Catholic monks over whether or not ...

Health claims around dark chocolate are often in the spotlight. So could snacking on a square of dark chocolate actually be ...

Cacao beans held great prominence in the daily lives of Mesoamerican Indians. According to the Mayan and Mexica religions, cacao had divine origins as the god Quetzalcoatl discovered cacao. Cacao ...