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Theobroma Cacao: Processing Into Products, and Economic Impact

	International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development (IJSRED)	Full Text:
	Published Issue : Volume-3 Issue-6
	Year of Publication : 2020
	Unique Identification Number : IJSRED-V3I6P14
	Authors : Daniel Eshun
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Abstract :

The Food of the Gods, Theobroma cacao, provides the raw material for multibillion dollar chocolate industry and other cocoa-based products processing industries. It is also the world's primary source of revenue for millions of smallholder farmers, helping in the alleviation of poverty in most cocoa producing regions. This review focuses on the transformation of cocoa into various products such as chocolate, cocoa powder and cocoa butter, as well as the utilisation of cocoa by-products for useful gains. It also highlights the global economic impacts of cacao and its derivatives, right from production, through harvesting, post-harvest treatments, exportation and importation, industrial processing, till it reaches the consumer.