The Cocoa Pod

Where is cocoa grown?

Although the chocolates of Switzerland, France and Belgium are legendary, the cocoa they are made from is not grown in those countries. Originating from the jungles of South America, cocoa (cacao theobroma)

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What's really in Milk Chocolate?

Milk chocolate essentially contains: Cocoa Sugar Milk (powder) Sometimes there are other minor ingredients such as lecithin or vanilla too. But not all chocolate bars are the same. There's es

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In the beginning...

It began with an idea - to grow cocoa in Australia and make quality chocolate from it. Sounds simple enough, but there were a lot of challenges and barriers to that happening, but finally in late 2011, Daintre

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Health benefits of cocoa

The ancient Mayan and Aztec cultures used cocoa for many medicinal purposes including treatment of pain, fevers and coughs. Today it is known that theobromine , the main xanthine found in cocoa, relaxes the

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