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 ...

Chocolates are one of the most cherished delights globally. However, it has a different backstory. Around 1900 BC, cacao ...

For the first time, Penn State researchers have identified a gene that controls flowering in cacao, a discovery that may help accelerate breeding efforts aimed at improving the disease-ridden plant, ...

DURING work on the physiology of rooting cacao cuttings, attempts were made to induce the formation of roots on isolated stem sections in sterile culture. Although no differentiation was obtained, the ...

In 2014, during a short stay on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, walking along a dirt road, I came across a poster for an upcoming event stapled to a telephone pole. It read of a “cacao ceremony ...

It’s been well documented that guilt is a word often associated with food in American culture. In his book “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,” New York Times best-selling author Michael Pollan ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Matheson History Museum will present “Cocoa & Culture: Sweet Stories from Trinidad to St. Augustine,” with Dr. Clarissa Carr and Anthea Grant, on Wednesday, December 3, at 7 ...

Cacao nibs are small pieces of crushed cacao beans — or cocoa beans — that have a bitter, chocolatey flavor. They’re produced from beans derived from the Theobroma cacao tree, also known as the cocoa ...