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A pod from a cacao tree contains between 20 and 50 cocoa seeds (depending on the variety of the plant) that are fermented and used to make chocolate. The fat within the seeds is processed into cocoa butter.
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Fibrous white substance in the pod?
pulp
How many seeds are in a cocoa pod?
30 to 40
What bacteria is in chocolate?
Chocolate is prepared with the help of microbes. Chocolate comes from the seeds of cacao trees. These seeds are in a white fleshy pod. To get the seeds out of the pod, the pod is allowed to ferment with naturally occurring microbes that include yeasts and bacteria that produce an acid that helps to eat away the seed pod cacao beans. Fermentation lasts for 7 days and is carried out by microbes which occur naturally on the plant.Unfermented beans do not produce chocolate flavour so chocolate can only be made with the help of microbes.
What part of the plant produces seeds?
the seed pod
How are the seeds in a pod dispersed?
wind
What is the pulp of the cocoa pod?
The pulp of the cocoa pod is a sweet, white, fleshy substance that surrounds the cocoa beans. It is often used in making chocolate and other sweets.
What fatty food comes from seedpods?
Chocolate is a fatty food that is made from and comes from a seedpod, the cocoa pod. The cocoa pod was the sweet pulp of the chocolate fruit.
What is carub?
Carob is a tropical pod that contains a sweet, edible pulp. the pulp is roasted and ground into a powder that resembles cocoa powder, but not the same flavor and texture of chocolate
How many seeds are in a cocoa bean pod?
The number of toacco seeds in a given pod does vary slightly. In our Virginia Tobacco strain we have counted as many as 500 seeds, though the counting is quite difficult as it takes over 300,000 seeds to make an ounce. The seeds are extremely small! In a good well grown plant, the number per pod always seems to be over a few hundred. Sara's worldwide treasures
How many seeds are in a pod?
22
Fibrous white substance in the pod?
pulp
How many seeds are in a cocoa pod?
30 to 40
What bacteria is in chocolate?
Chocolate is prepared with the help of microbes. Chocolate comes from the seeds of cacao trees. These seeds are in a white fleshy pod. To get the seeds out of the pod, the pod is allowed to ferment with naturally occurring microbes that include yeasts and bacteria that produce an acid that helps to eat away the seed pod cacao beans. Fermentation lasts for 7 days and is carried out by microbes which occur naturally on the plant.Unfermented beans do not produce chocolate flavour so chocolate can only be made with the help of microbes.
How many cardamom seeds in a cardamom pod?
About 12. According to the encyclopedia of spices.
What do you find if you split open a pod of the cocoa tree?
You would find a cluster of 20-40 coca beans inside each pod
What does the seed pod do for the plant?
The seed pod protects and holds the seeds.
Do longer pods have more seeds?
yes they do because in a pod there are more seeds
