Chapter 2: Chocolate Ingredients Check Access

To be sold as “chocolate”, a product must contain cocoa. The cocoa or cacao tree (Theobroma cacao L.) originated in South and Central America, but is now grown commercially in suitable environments between 20° north and 20° south. This chapter describes how the beans are grown, processed and mixed with other ingredients such as sugar, sugar substitutes and milk components to make the chocolate that is available on the market.