Cocoa beans Nutrition facts

Cocoa beans

Flavorful cocoa beans are another gift of Mexicans to the world, just as vanilla beans, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes. The kernels (seeds) extracted from cocoa fruits (pods) are further processed to obtain the cocoa powder and cocoa butter, the two most important products that command premium prices in the commodity markets.
Binomially, cocoa plant belongs to the Malvaceae or mallow family of flowering plants. Other well-known members of this family include durian, okra, cotton, and kola nuts.
Scientific name: Theobroma cocoa.