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Cacao seeds are the source of commercial cocoa, chocolate, and cocoa butter. Fermented seeds are roasted, cracked and ground to give a powdery mass from which fat is expressed. This is the cocoa from which a popular beverage is prepared.
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Cacao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In fact, the whole cacao fruit was used medicinally among the Maya, Olmec and Aztecs, and was spread from there to Europe after the Spanish conquest of those peoples. From the 16th through the 20th centuries, medical texts reported no less than 100 medicinal uses of cacao.
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Cacao; (Theobroma cacao); Click on graphic for larger imag ... Medicinal Action and Uses ... ---Medicinal Action and Uses---Cocoa is prepared by grinding the beans into a paste between hot rollers and mixing it with sugar and starch, part of the fat being removed. Chocolate is prepared in much the same way, but the fat...
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; see more pictures of cacao ... Uses: Pulp is sometimes eaten fresh. Seeds are removed from the pods, fermented for 2-8 days and left to dry in the sun. Following this they are roasted and processed for use as cocoa. Fat extracted from the seeds is cocoa butter and has a variety of cosmetic and dietary uses.
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Cocoa trees produce fruit, called pods, all year round, though harvesting is generally seasonal. Pods come in a variety of types since cacao trees cross-pollinate freely. These types can be reduced to three classifications:
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Description and uses of cacao, from King's American Dispensatory. ... Botanical Source.—The genuine cacao tree is a small and handsome evergreen tree, ... Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage.—CHOCOLATE, when scraped into a coarse powder, and boiled in milk, or milk and water, is much used as an occasional substitute for coffee,
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The cacao bean has a much longer history than most people even realize, it can be traced back to ancient texts where it was used in ceremonies, for medicinal uses and in cooking. Cacao Healthy Bean with a Long History. ... There have been archaeological digs that have recovered whole cacao beans and vessels,
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Cacao is a small tree where the fruit grows directly on the trunk. The big seedpod is yellow-red. Food uses of chocalate made from the seeds are well known. ... THEOBROMA CACAO L. - CACAO.; Common name; Cacao, chocolate tree, cacoa, kakao. Family; Sterculiaceae (Cacao family). Overview; Cacao, also called "Food of the...
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Subsequent 16th to early 20th century manuscripts produced in Europe and New Spain revealed >100 medicinal uses for cacao/chocolate. Three consistent roles can be identified: 1) to treat emaciated patients to gain weight;
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