Chemical Industry Updates

  Cocoa is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, from which cocoa solids and cocoa butter can be extracted. Cocoa beans are widely used in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industry. Consumption of cocoa-rich products provide various health benefits such as lower risk of chronic fatigue syndrome and cardiovascular disease, and reduce hypertension. Cocoa powder is rich in theobromine, which helps to reduce inflammation and can protect from diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Long regarded as a food treat, cocoa is now used by some people as medicine. Cocoa seed is used for infectious intestinal diseases and diarrhea, asthma, bronchitis, and as an expectorant for lung congestion. The seed coat is used for kidney, bladder, and liver ailments, for diabetes as a tonic, and as a general remedy. Major players operating in the global cocoa market are United Cocoa Processor, Jindal Cocoa, Carlyle Cocoa, Meiji Holdings Company, Ltd., The Hershey Company,