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 ...

Good chocolate is among the world's most beloved foods, which is why scientists are seeking to improve the product, and enhance the world's pleasure. A team of researchers has embarked upon a quest to ...

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Researchers have identified key factors that influence the flavor of chocolate during the cocoa bean fermentation process, a discovery that could offer chocolate producers a powerful tool to craft ...

The chocolate industry is having a meltdown. Cocoa prices have doubled since the start of the year, as crops in West Africa — which produces 80% of the world’s cocoa — have been hit by droughts made ...

A new study claims to have cracked how to make consistently fine-flavoured chocolate – a special mix of microbes is helping researchers recreate flavours of Colombian cocoa in a lab Why does one bar ...

Producing chocolate, one of the world's most beloved sweets, is a multistep process beginning with freshly harvested cocoa beans. People have been experimenting with chocolate-making for millennia, ...

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 ...

Kampala — In Kasawo, north of Kampala, cocoa farmer Abubaker Kisekka no longer climbs atop towering wooden boxes to tend his beans. A locally-made innovation for fermenting cocoa beans has replaced ...

Good chocolate is among the world's most beloved foods, which is why scientists are seeking to improve the product, and enhance the world's pleasure. A team of researchers from Germany and Switzerland ...