Theobroma cacao is the name given to the seed of cacao trees. And the main active alkaloid found within these seeds is theobromine, which is thought to be nutritionally powerful.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.– Chocolate fans have a reason to celebrate. Monday, October 28th is National Chocolate Day! Chocolate comes ...

A number of crops have been documented there, including corn, sweet potatoes and the cacao tree Theobroma cacao. Traces of chemicals and DNA from the plant were found on pottery, suggesting the ...

Bowman, G. F., Report of Cocoa Conference, 1951, p. 49 (Cocoa, Chocolate and Confectionery Alliance Ltd., London). Salazar, M., thesis in library of I.A.I.A.S ...

It’s not just the weather causing the cocoa shortage, however. Cocoa trees, Theobroma cacao translating to ‘food of the gods’, take on average five years to become fruit-bearing, reach a maximum yield ...

Cacao is actually a Mayan word meaning ‘God Food’, hence the tree’s modern generic Latin name Theobroma cacao, meaning ‘Food of the Gods’. The word Cacao was corrupted into the more ...

Maria Zea is currently evaluating the potential for hyperspectral imaging to detect heavy metal uptake in plants and cacao trees. Andrés Zabala Perilla Andrés is a Colombian Agronomy Engineer with a M ...

Chocolate is the seed of the fruit of the Theobroma tree. It takes a cocoa tree a year to produce 2 to 3 bars of chocolate. Chocolate has many unique benefits, such as preventing tooth decay and ...

Aside from the odd piece of See's Candy, molecular biologist Raven Hanna didn't grow up a chocoholic. On a trip to Belize more than a decade ago, she encountered cacao trees and learned how the Maya ...