When we speak about the ingredient cacao, it usually refers to these seeds, which are sometimes called cacao beans or cocoa beans. However, the pulp is also edible and can be pressed to make a ...

It is dried and the seeds can be fermented to make cocoa butter ... Workers fill sacks with cocoa beans in Kahin village at the edge of the Scio forest reserve in Duekoue, Ivory Coast.

and cocoa is used to describe the powder made from ground cacao beans. Cacao beans are actually seeds taken from pod-like ...