Brands like Barry Callebaut and Lindt embrace upcycled cacao fruit, reducing waste and boosting sustainability. Discover how ...

Cacao fruit might be the source of cocoa beans but it can be used for more than dessert-y type foods. From pasta infusions to dying shoes, here's the score.

The fruit of the cocoa tree is a pod full of sweet pulp enfolding a cluster of about 20 to 40 cocoa seeds. Cocoa takes about two and a half years to mature and gives two harvests in a year.

Koa is a Ghanaian-Swiss business that enables smallholder farmers to sell, not just cocoa beans, but the fruit's pulp too. The result? Better incomes for the farmers, a stronger economy for Ghana and ...

"Therefore, an increased utilization of other parts of the cocoa pod, such as the pulp and cocoa pod husk, could not only contribute to income diversification among farmers but also reduce major ...

Working alongside chocolatiers in the food industry, researchers at ETH Zurich say they have identified a healthier and more ...