Abstract Background Cocoa Pod Husk (CPH) is the main by-product from the coca industry
constituting 67–76% of the cocoa fruit weight. This waste represents an important, and …

Cocoa beans provide raw materials for global food industries valued in excess of $47 billion
in world exportations. Through on-farm processing, about 80% of cocoa fruit is discarded as …

The annual production of cocoa is approximately 4.7 million tons of cocoa beans, of which
only 10% corresponds to the cocoa bean and the remaining value corresponds to a high …

Cocoa bean shells (CBS) are one of the main by-products from the transformation of cocoa
beans, representing 10%‒17% of the total cocoa bean weight. Hence, their disposal could …

Background Cocoa shell is removed from the cocoa bean before or after the seeds are
roasted; it is considered a by-product of the cocoa industry that is usually underutilized or …

The projection of world population growth with concurrent generation of large volumes of
agro-industrial waste that negatively affect the environment is of great concern. Therefore …

Cocoa pod husk (CPH) is the main by-product (ca. 70–75% weight of whole fruit) of the
cocoa harvest, an important and economic crop in developing countries. It is a rich source of …

This work's objective was to model and optimize a green extraction method of phenolic
compounds from the cocoa shell as a strategy to revalorize this by-product, obtaining novel …

The aims of this study were to ascertain (i) the chemical composition (ii) the physico-
chemical properties,(iii) the technological properties,(iv) the total phenol and flavonoid …

Selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) are successfully synthesized through microwave heating
by using Theobroma cacao L. bean shell extract as a stabilizing and capping agent …