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
• Ancient civilizations used to use cocoa beans (the stuff used to make chocolate) as money.
  — Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 15 July 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
• Lead can get onto the cocoa beans after harvest, potentially from dust and soil, while beans dry outside.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 29 June 2024
• 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
• Water plants thoroughly and mulch with a 1- to 2-inch layer of organic material such as compost, cocoa bean hulls, or wood chips.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024