From Cocoa Bean to Bar

FROM BEAN TO BAR Cocoa beans grow in pods, directly from the trunk of the cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao, or "food of the gods.) One tree produces between 20 and 30 pods a year, each containing 20 to 50 almond-sized cocoa beans. A year's harvest from one tree - processed into cocoa liquor, cocoa butter or cocoa powder - is enough to make up to 500g of chocolate. Source: World Cocoa Foundation, Cocoa Barometer, Cadtury, Nestio GROWING HARVESTING FERMENTING & DRYING ROASTING & GRINDING PACKING & TRANSPORTING COCOA BEAN MARKET PROCESSING CHOCOLATE MAKING CONSUMER