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Cacao pulp is delicious. It is interesting that we use the bitter seeds from the fruit, and mostly throw out the tasty pulp. If you are in San Francisco you can
by antoncohen 7y ago
Cacao pulp is delicious. It is interesting that we use the bitter seeds from the fruit, and mostly throw out the tasty pulp. If you are in San Francisco you can get cacao fruit smoothies from Dandelion Chocolate. I hope the pulp starts showing up in more food products instead of going to waste.
- technothrasher 7y agoTraditionally the pulp is left on the beans during fermentation to impart flavor, and is basically used up in the process. It's mostly American style chocolate that removes the pulp before fermentation and throws it away, in order to... reduce flavor, I guess?
- felipemnoa 7y ago>>I hope the pulp starts showing up in more food products instead of going to waste. I'd be surprised if it is truly wasted. Most likely it servers some other useful purpose. Fertilizer or fuel are two uses I can think of.