Cocoa beans, the fruit on the cocoa tree. Cocoa trees are native to South America and are currently widely grown in Africa and the Americas. The fruit of the cacao tree is pod-shaped, and the inside is a wet cocoa bean that needs to be taken out manually. The extracted cocoa beans are fermented, dried, and ground into a cocoa syrup, which becomes the main raw material for chocolate.
Cocoa beans are the seeds of cocoa trees. Only the hot and rainy climate is suitable for the growth of cocoa trees. Therefore, cocoa cultivation is limited to 20 degrees north and south latitudes on both sides of the equator. It is a typical tropical plant, geographically mainly produced in Africa. , Latin America and the equatorial region of Southeast Asia. The cocoa tree is more delicate, the wind and the direct sunlight are not affordable, and it can thrive in the shaded condition. Therefore, the cocoa seeds are usually planted under the shade of tall crops such as bananas and coconuts. The cocoa tree has the necessary shade and can also harvest other important crops.
The basic use of cocoa beans is as a raw material for the production of chocolate. It can be said that all chocolates are derived from cocoa beans. The cocoa pulp formed by shelling, roasting and milling is used to produce chocolate. In the process of processing chocolate, a large amount of oil is needed. Therefore, the cocoa beans can be pressed into cocoa butter and added to the cocoa pulp. Oil is also widely used as a high-grade grease in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries; while the remaining cocoa cakes are milled into cocoa powder, which can be used in food processing such as biscuits, ice cream, bread and pastries, and cocoa shells can be used to extract spices. (cocoa). Processing one ton of cocoa beans (depending on the origin) can produce about 380 kg of cocoa butter, 400 kg of cocoa powder, 120 kg of shells, and 100 kg of other impurities.
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