The cacao trees mature at five years and begin to flower on the trunk. The flowers are pollinated by midges, a small fly.

Where Does Raw Cacao Come From? Raw cacao comes from the beans of the Theobroma cacao tree. The beans, technically seeds, grow within pods in the Baba part of the plant. The Baba is a fleshy white ...

Raw sugar futures fell to a five-month low on ICE on Tuesday as news of India's return to the export trade hung over the ...

"Cocoa fermentation is a critical process in the production of chocolate, transforming raw cocoa beans into a form suitable for chocolate making," says Sarin Partrick, chief executive of India Cocoa.

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Coffee and cocoa bean futures prices have seen some of the biggest increases among commodities in 2024, fueled by a sharp ...

Our first “job” was to plant raw cacao beans in small bags filled with rich soil, covering them with wood ash to discourage pests and provide fertilizer. We then placed these bags in the ...

The Director-General of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Prof. Nnanyelugo Ike-Muonso ...