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CACAO BEAN [2 records]

Record 1 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Crops
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
DEF

The dried and usually partly fermented seed of the cacao tree used chiefly in the preparation of cocoa, chocolate, and cocoa butter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
DEF

Graine du cacaoyer (Theobroma cacao L.) fermentées et séchées.

CONT

La graine du cacaoyer, ou fève, est une graine sans albumen recouverte d'une pulpe mucilagineuse sucrée, de couleur blanche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de plantas industriales
  • Productos de confitería y chocolatería
DEF

Semilla del árbol cacao (Theobroma cacao) de la que se extraen materias grasas (manteca de cacao); una vez seca y pulverizada se elabora el chocolate.

OBS

El término "cacao en grano" es el que se emplea en el Codex Alimentarius.

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Record 2 2006-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Pastries
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
DEF

The seed of a Tropical American tree (theobroma Cacao, family byttneriaceae), from which cocoa and chocolate are prepared.

OBS

cocoa: ... more correctly called "cacao."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Pâtisserie
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
DEF

Graine ou semence du cacaoyer, petit arbre originaire de l'Amérique centrale, qui exige à la fois de la chaleur (24 à 28 degrés) et de l'humidité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fruticultura
  • Repostería
  • Productos de confitería y chocolatería
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