#cocoa processing

You must have heard of a funny (but true) saying that “you can’t buy happiness but you can always buy a chocolate!” There are a variety of chocolate products available in the market such as dark chocolate, chocolate coated nuts, chocolate cookies and what not! Thanks to the advanced technology and automated machineries like chocolate enrobing machines, chocolate refiners etc. It’s almost impossible to make a list of all these yummy chocolate products!

 Let’s see what it takes when it comes to industrial or large scale chocolate processing.

 For large scale chocolate processing, there are high quality and ultra-modern industrial chocolate tempering machines that give high speed and high quality productivity and as a result, you get a number of glossy, smooth and evenly colored chocolates and other chocolate coated products. There are number of tempering machines for specific applications according to their various requirements.

Production Technicians at a Reputable Cocoa Processing Company

A reputable Cocoa Processing Company in South West is currently seeking to employ suitably qualified candidate to fill the position below:

Job Title: Production Technician

Location: South West, Nigeria

Responsibilities

The role holder will carry out operations in accordance to operating instructions and parameters and updates necessary records of operation as at when due.

Comply with…

Quality Assurance Manager at a Reputable Cocoa Processing Company

A reputable Cocoa Processing Company in South West is currently seeking to employ suitably qualified candidate to fill the position below:

Job Title: Quality Assurance Manager

Location: South West, Nigeria

Job Description

This position is responsible for leading Quality Department team members to ensure that all products are wholesome and meet specification and established standards of…

Lately I’ve had the pleasure of riding around the island with a driver named Philip while working on a research study investigating pediatric asthma here in Grenada. That’s a story for another post, but Philip is the absolute best and most knowledgable driver on the island! He taught me all about the cocoa business during our travels today.

In the first picture, you can see a cocoa tree. The next picture down shows the cocoa pods, yellow and ripe. The ones that have green are not yet ready. After the pods are harvested, they are opened and wet beans are removed. This is done by hand.

The next step is to take the beans to a fermentary. This is pictured in the third and fourth photos. Those beans have been there for about a week. Last week when we drove by, you could smell the fermentation process from blocks away. Today, though, it wasn’t as pungent. Philip explained that the woman is walking with bare feet in the beds of cocoa (yep! Those are huge beds of cocoa beans!) to mix the beans up.

After the fermentation is complete, the beans are sun dried and then bagged and brought to the warehouse where they will be bought (bottom picture).