Medically reviewed by Aviv Joshua, MS, RDN Cacao, the raw beans from which chocolate is made, has many health properties because of its plant compounds, known as flavonoids. These compounds can aid in ...

If you don't think that the troubling trend of global warming could impact your sweet tooth, think again. Farmers of the cacao plant — responsible for the oh-so-addicting chocolate that we all know ...

Growing cacao is difficult but scientists are trying out ways to make the process more efficient. Robert Campbell makes chocolate in the dining room of his small Venezuelan restaurant, Sazon. After ...

Scientists have described three new species of plants closely related to the cacao tree, highlighting the importance of dried herbarium collections in uncovering hidden biodiversity. The newly ...

When you cuddle up with a steaming cup of hot cocoa during these chilly fall days, you might be pondering where chocolate comes from. Chocolate comes to us courtesy of the cacao plant (pronounced ...

If DNA sequencing never held much relevance for you, consider the benefits likely to flow from the recent sequencing and assembly of the chocolate tree genome. The Theobroma cacao plant is generally ...

Researchers used bright X-rays to unveil how cacao trees protect themselves from toxic metal cadmium. Researchers from the University Grenoble Alpes (UGA), France, together with the ESRF, the European ...

Ayana Bio — one of a new wave of startups seeking to unlock the potential of plant cell culture in the food and nutrition industry — is turning its attention to cacao bioactives with a $3m investment ...

In Côte d’Ivoire, cocoa is an important source of income for the population and the state. However, its production has led to massive deforestation, reducing forest cover and the associated ecosystem ...

By Ashoka Mukpo A rush to plant cacao in southeastern Liberia is destroying large tracts of rainforest. According to ...

Got (plant) milk in your chocolate? With the abundance of dairy alternatives available today, specifically plant milks, ...

Researchers from the University Grenoble Alpes (UGA), France, together with the ESRF, the European Synchrotron located in Grenoble, France, used ESRF’s bright X-rays to unveil how cacao trees protect ...