Currently several factors/trends contribute to the approaches focused on flavor development
in chocolate. In the current restructuring of the global cacao source chain, where more focus …

Innovations are increasingly needed by companies to engage in new market
competitiveness. Conscientious consumers are demanding sustainable products and …

Currently, food market appeal for sustainable and/or organic agriculture have grown
worldwide as a way of promoting sustainable development. Brazil has developed …

The specialty cacao industry is unique in that it is thought to offer higher price premiums and
claims to provide cacao farmers with considerably more sustainable resources than …

Theobroma cacao (cocoa) is one of the most studied commodities around the world and the
source of one of the world's most consumed and familiar products, chocolate. The …

Cacao tree is a plant native to the rainforests of the Americas, where it grows in the shade of
other trees in an environment with high temperatures and high rainfall. It belongs to the …