Chocolate, our favourite confection devoured by the whole world, has a long and interesting history that goes back thousands ...

New research finds that cacao trees evolved over 7.5 million years ago. DNA studies may help improve future chocolate crops.

Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza National University researchers conducted a genomic analysis of fine aroma cocoa from northern Peru, uncovering genetic divergence and evolutionary patterns within ...

Cacao fruit might be the source of cocoa beans but it can be used for more than dessert-y type foods. From pasta infusions to dying shoes, here's the score.

We all know that nothing brings more comfort than the rich taste of your favourite chocolate guilty pleasure to brighten your ...

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 ...