The chocolate biz is raising the bar with a lab to assess cacao beans from around the world. (Talk about a sweet gig!) ...

Dark chocolate often gets treated like a health food with a candy wrapper. That idea is partly true, and partly marketing.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Determined to get some answers, I consulted a few chocolate experts while attending Grenada’s fun-filled Chocolate Festival—an ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -While cacao is traditionally grown in tropical regions near the equator, one Santa Barbara chocolatier ...

Chocolate comes from the tropical cacao tree. The cacao bean, the rawest form of chocolate, can be harvested and consumed directly (cacao), roasted and turned into powder (cocoa) or made into ...

The flavor of chocolate depends on numerous factors, from the soil the cacao plant was grown in, to the length of time the cocoa beans are fermented. Leszek Kobusinski / Alamy Stock Photo While ...

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 ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. When shopping for good chocolate, one thing you should look ...

Traces of cacao have been found in pottery unearthed from an ancient ceremonial site in Ecuador, indicating our taste for chocolate began at least 5,300 years ago. Chocolate was thought to have first ...

With the holiday season approaching, many of us will be indulging in a favorite treat: chocolate. Yet despite dark chocolate’s reputation as a healthier sweet, it can also be contaminated with lead ...

NextCoa, made in partnership with Voyage Foods, uses grapeseeds and gives food companies a new option to "future-proof" ...