"Cocoa-fruit chocolate can only be produced and sold ... in tandem to improve the entire value-creation chain of the cocoa plant. More information: Mishra et al, Valorization of cocoa pod side ...

Diaz del Castillo, an officer with Hernan Cortez wrote: "From time to time the men of Montezuma's guard brought him, in cups of pure gold, a drink made from the cocoa-plant, which they said he ...

"The plant was first used at least 1,500 years ... Central America and northern South America The fruit - the cocoa pod - contains seeds surrounded by a white pulp. When the seeds are dried ...