Chocolate 747 – The Cacao Seed

Chocolate is processed from the seed of the tropical cacao tree. This tree grows in South America and has been used for about 3000 years. The first known use occurred around 1100 BC. The Maya and Aztec people drank a chocolate beverage made from the cacao tree.

The seed is very bitter and must be processed by fermentation to bring out the taste we associate with chocolate. After the seed is processed it is roasted and then ground into a very fine powder which we know as chocolate or cocoa.

The chocolate we buy has fats, such as coco butter, and sugar added to make the chocolate we find in our candy bars and cookies.

Chocolate has many uses and more are developed everyday. There are so many types of chocolate candies available today that it seems possible to meet the taste of most consumers.

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