cocoa bean
noun
plural cocoa beans
: a dried, fermented, fatty seed of the fruit of a South American tropical evergreen tree (Theobroma cacao of the family Sterculiaceae) that is used in making cocoa, chocolate, and cocoa butter : cacao sense 1
The cocoa bean contains cocoa solids (particles) and about 53 percent cocoa butter.—
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Recently one metric ton of cocoa beans would fetch $9,830, a record high.
—Simon Constable, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, chocolate confectioners and cocoa bean importers like Barry Callebaut, Cargill, Hershey, Mars, Nestlé and Mondelez International are being battered by rising prices, with cocoa futures contracts surging 215% between January and March.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
Cocoa butter, the natural fat extracted from cocoa beans, is what makes chocolate liquid when hot and solid when cold.
—Eric Kim, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
The Associated Press spoke to 20 farmers, two brokers and five licensed buying agents who are growing and selling cocoa from the reserve to figure out where cocoa beans used in holiday sweets are heading.
—Taiwo Adebayo, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
Even Hugh Grant, delightful in the role of an Oompa-Loompa — a miniature creature seeking restitution from Willy for the cocoa beans our hero has harvested without permission — is underused, entering the film late and then hardly given any screen time.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
Lead, on the other hand, can get onto the cocoa beans after harvest, potentially from dust and soil while beans dry outside (especially if they are dried near highways or factories that use lead).
—Cathy Cassata, Health, 15 Nov. 2023
In October, the AP followed a van loaded with bags of cocoa beans from the conservation zone to an Olam warehouse outside the entrance of the forest.
—Taiwo Adebayo, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
The very first day of testimony, Oct. 4, the prosecution had called up its first witness, a cocoa bean trader named Marc-Antoine Julliard who had personally lost $100,000 of crypto when FTX went bust last year.
—Byjessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2023
Simon Constable, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, chocolate confectioners and cocoa bean importers like Barry Callebaut, Cargill, Hershey, Mars, Nestlé and Mondelez International are being battered by rising prices, with cocoa futures contracts surging 215% between January and March.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
Cocoa butter, the natural fat extracted from cocoa beans, is what makes chocolate liquid when hot and solid when cold.
—Eric Kim, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
The Associated Press spoke to 20 farmers, two brokers and five licensed buying agents who are growing and selling cocoa from the reserve to figure out where cocoa beans used in holiday sweets are heading.
—Taiwo Adebayo, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
Even Hugh Grant, delightful in the role of an Oompa-Loompa — a miniature creature seeking restitution from Willy for the cocoa beans our hero has harvested without permission — is underused, entering the film late and then hardly given any screen time.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
Lead, on the other hand, can get onto the cocoa beans after harvest, potentially from dust and soil while beans dry outside (especially if they are dried near highways or factories that use lead).
—Cathy Cassata, Health, 15 Nov. 2023
In October, the AP followed a van loaded with bags of cocoa beans from the conservation zone to an Olam warehouse outside the entrance of the forest.
—Taiwo Adebayo, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
The very first day of testimony, Oct. 4, the prosecution had called up its first witness, a cocoa bean trader named Marc-Antoine Julliard who had personally lost $100,000 of crypto when FTX went bust last year.
—Byjessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2023
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“Cocoa bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocoa%20bean. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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