How to Use cocoa bean in a Sentence

cocoa bean

noun

• The mulch is made from the shells of cocoa beans and is a byproduct of the production of chocolate.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2023
• More than 70 percent of cocoa beans come from West Africa.
  — Marisa Schwartz Taylor, National Geographic, 6 Mar. 2018
• Mulvihill says the chocolate comes from a unique ruby cocoa bean found in the Ivory Coast, Ecuador, and Brazil.
  — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2019
• Recently one metric ton of cocoa beans would fetch $9,830, a record high.
  — Simon Constable, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• Instead, the oil helps preserve and accent the natural richness and depth of flavor found in the cocoa beans.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 6 May 2018
• Bags of cocoa beans from Guatemala, Haiti and Peru decorate the entrance of the factory.
  — Carlos Frías, miamiherald, 15 May 2018
• To prove the provenance of all cocoa, every smallholder's farm would need to be mapped and every cocoa bean tracked from farm to port.
  — Tim Cocks and Ange Aboa, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2018
• The cocoa beans are imported from Mexico, and roasted and ground in-house.
  — Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
• Handmade and handwrapped chocolate bars line the shelves in the lobby of the factory underneath photos of the farms where some of the cocoa beans are purchased.
  — Carlos Frías, miamiherald, 15 May 2018
• All cocoa beans need to be fermented in order to bring out their chocolate flavor.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2018
• Chef Matt Knio got started by working on a cocoa bean plantation in Africa and then moved on to learn from a master pastry chef in Paris.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2023
• At the Town Square, for example, visitors get a lesson on the origins of the cocoa bean and chocolates available for sampling.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2023
• Instead of sugar, this new Swiss whole fruit chocolate uses the pulp surrounding the cocoa beans along with the inner rind of the cocoa pod husk to make a cocoa gel.
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
• Even more impressively, the entire choo choo—from its cars to its passengers to the rocks beneath its tracks—is made from the cocoa bean confection.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2021
• In October, the AP followed a van loaded with bags of cocoa beans from the conservation zone to an Olam warehouse outside the entrance of the forest.
  — Taiwo Adebayo, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
• Warm, seasonal winds have dried out the soil in Ivory Coast and weakened the quality of cocoa beans, meaning more are being rejected at ports.
  — David Hodari, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2018
• According to Barry Callebaut, the chocolate is made from the Ruby cocoa bean and has no berry flavoring or color added.
  — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 5 Sep. 2017
• Who knew there are actual ruby cocoa beans in Ecuador, Brazil and the Ivory Coast, that remain pink when processed into confections?
  — Pat Lenhoff, Lake County News-Sun, 12 June 2019
• After harvest, diverse microbes produce acids and other waste products, mostly in the gooey pulp that surrounds the raw cocoa beans.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2019
• Do not use cocoa bean mulch that is sold at garden centers and businesses that sell gardening supplies.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2023
• Extra virgin olive oil would replace the traditional cocoa butter — the fat found in cocoa beans — in the finished chocolate.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 6 May 2018
• The global chocolate industry is a multibillion-dollar confection, and Africa grows 70 percent of the world’s raw cocoa beans.
  — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Cocoa butter, the natural fat extracted from cocoa beans, is what makes chocolate liquid when hot and solid when cold.
  — Eric Kim, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
• The cocoa bean of where chocolate is made from has a higher antioxidant capacity than other foods.
  — Jillian Brewster, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
• Ruby chocolate, which is based on a special type of cocoa bean found in Ivory Coast, Ecuador and Brazil, is naturally pink from the powder extracted during processing.
  — Fortune, 18 Jan. 2018
• The cost of wholesale cocoa beans soared to the highest level in more than a decade, and manufacturers are betting prices of the key chocolate ingredient will stay elevated through 2024.
  — Mumbi Gitau, Fortune, 29 July 2023
• The company is closer to reaching 100 percent sustainable sourced cocoa beans in some countries, such as Ivory Coast, than in others, like Ghana where only 4 percent can be traced to sustainable sources.
  — Kristen Leigh Painter, Philly.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• Roses benefit from the application of an organic mulch like shredded bark, pine needles or cocoa bean hulls.
  — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2024
• Correspondent Seth Doane visits Ghana, where much of the world's cocoa beans are grown, and talks with candymakers who are working to cultivate chocolate free from child labor, and help harvesters earn a living wage.
  — David Morgan, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2023
• Lead, on the other hand, can get onto the cocoa beans after harvest, potentially from dust and soil while beans dry outside (especially if they are dried near highways or factories that use lead).
  — Cathy Cassata, Health, 15 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024