Cocoa production in a nutshell. Cocoa is the essential ingredient for our chocolate. It originates from the seeds (cocoa beans) of the cocoa fruits (cocoa pods), which grow on cocoa trees. ... 70% of the world's cocoa beans come from four West African countries: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon.
Cocoa trees resemble English apple trees. They grow best under the canopy of tropical rainforests, seldom reaching more than 7.5 metres (25 feet) high. To flourish they need to be shaded from direct sun and wind, particularly in the early growth stages.
The cocoa tree has broad, dark leaves about 25cm long, and pale-coloured flowers from which bean pods grow.
Young trees are interspersed with new permanent or temporary shade trees such as coconut, plantains and bananas, following the clear-felling of the forest. In large Asian plantations, cocoa trees and coconut trees are planted together and both crops are harvested commercially.
Cocoa trees begin to bear fruit when they are three to four years old. They produce pink and white flowers throughout the year, growing in abundance after before the rain starts. However the pods grow straight out of the trunk and the main branches, which is most unusual. Only a small proportion of the flowers develop into fruit over a period of about five months. The trees are carefully pruned so that pods can be more easily harvested. Each tree yields 20-30 pods per year. It takes the whole year's crop from one tree to make 450gms of Chocolate.
If you want to start a business about cocoa butter. We have professional cocoa butter production line:
Roasting ⇒ Peeling ⇒ Grinding ⇒Cooling
•Cocoa Bean Roasting Machine: The machine is mainly used for cocoa beans,peanuts,almonds,sesame seeds,cashew nuts,sunflower seeds, nuts, drying and baking hot products, using the principle of rotary drum, heat conduction, thermal radiation. Can be used in a variety of ways as heat source, pure flavor of baked products. Has the advantages of energy saving, safety, sanitation and convenience, easy to operation.
•Cocoa Bean Peeling Machine: This machine is a professional equipment to peel cocoa beans, the machine design is reasonable, simple operation, safe and reliable, high production efficiency, energy saving and environmental protection, is the ideal equipment for cocoa coffee peeling.
•Cocoa Butter Grinding Machine: This cocoa beans butter grinding machine is mainly used for grinding cocoa beans,can also be used to grind peanuts,almonds,cashew,jujube,strawberry and so on. We have different models colloid mill. Customers can choose according to the amount of production they need.
More detail about this cocoa butter production line please leave your email on our webiste or you can contact me with freely,we will send the machine detail and price to you.
Contacts: Cara
Email:cara@machinehall.com
Tel:0086-13015518550
More detail about this cocoa butter production line please leave your email on our webiste or you can contact me with freely,we will send the machine detail and price to you.
Contacts: Cara
Email:cara@machinehall.com
Tel:0086-13015518550
