This was a surprising area to see novel approaches being tried, though it doesn’t seem to remotely solve the problems around cocoa beans.
This was a surprising area to see novel approaches being tried, though it doesn’t seem to remotely solve the problems around cocoa beans.
This sounds like a solution in search of a problem.
Sugar from cane or beets is already cheap, are cocoa husks really such a big problem we can’t just compost them?
What I take it as it will reduce labor costs since you’re chucking the whole thing into production instead of just the beans.
But then again, slavery is very inexpensive sooooooooo…
If cocoa pulp costs more than finished sugar, how is adding more work going to reduce labor costs?
I would imagine it would all be ground together (picked, cut, seeds scooped out, fermented vs. picked, smashed in machine, fermented).