“In Central America, cacao manifested as the food of the people, and that tells you a lot about how people live,” says Karla McNeil-Rueda, who grew up in a family of sugarcane and coffee farmers in a ...

Chocolate makers are racing to secure the future of cocoa amid climate threats and disease outbreaks. From lab-grown cocoa ...

The discovery could increase the supply of the popular commodity, which has seen yields cut due to climate change.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cacao A sacred food-turned-everyday commodity, cacao is way more than the primary ingredient in chocolate ...

More recently, he opened Blue Stripes Cacao Shop, a cafe in Manhattan’s Union Square serving a variety of foods and beverages using all parts of the cacao fruit, which typically is discarded in ...

Z Natural Foods today broadened its celebrated line of superfood blends with the debut of Organic Cognitive Cacao and Coffee with Matcha, MCTs & Mushrooms, an organic beverage mix that reimagines ...

Explore the fascinating journey of cacao from farm to chocolate production. UC Davis research empowers smallholder farmers and ensures the future of cacao.

An unholy combination of disease, climate change and poor farming practices in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, where about 70% of ...

Among ancient Mayas, cacao was not a food exclusive to the elite Date: September 26, 2022 Source: University of California - Santa Barbara Summary: It was the money that grew on trees. Said to be ...

There's one ingredient that will let you have it all—from nice cream to brownies. Here are some cacao powder recipes you *need* to try.

Nestlé unveils a patented technique to boost chocolate production by using up to 30% more of the cocoa fruit, including pulp ...

A Third of Chocolate Products Are High in Heavy Metals, CR's Tests Find Brownie mixes, chocolate chips, hot cocoa, and more contained concerning levels of lead or cadmium. Here's how to eat the ...