METHOD FOR PROCESSING COCOA BEANS
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May 26, 2011
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May 13, 2009
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The invention relates to a method for processing unfermented cocoa beans wherein the cocoa beans are depulped and wherein separated pulp and depulped cocoa beans are separately treated. In particular, the method comprises a fermentation of pulp and at least one treatment of depulped cocoa beans under acidic conditions, followed by preparing a mixture of fermented pulp and acid-treated depulped cocoa beans and the further processing of such mixture. The invention also relates to cocoa beans that are obtained or obtainable by methods of the present invention, to the use thereof for preparing food products, preferably chocolate products, or cocoa products, including cocoa extracts, and to food products and cocoa products, including cocoa extracts thereby obtained.
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