Dark chocolate is a delicious confection enjoyed by millions despite its inherent bitter flavor, but what is it that makes it ...

One way to tackle these problems is to make chocolate without using cocoa beans — the fermented seed of the cacao tree. Cocoa-free chocolate is already available but scientists around the world ...

Workers fill sacks with cocoa beans in Kahin village at the edge of the Scio forest reserve in Duekoue, Ivory Coast. [Photo: Reuters] The pulp is fermented for five to seven days turning it around ...

Chinese fermented black beans (known in Cantonese as dou si) are powerful little umami bombs - they add an intense, rich savouriness to whatever they're cooked with. They are made from soy beans ...

Chiu places the beans, still encased in white pulp, into a wooden tub with a lid and leaves them to ferment under the sun for five days. Every so often, he will turn the mixture by hand.