Proximate And Mineral Composition Of Theobroma Cacao Bean And Shell

ABSTRACTThe demand for cocoa beans is growing immensely in the world today due to the increasing consumption of cocoa butter, syrups, pastes and all kinds of chocolates, resulting in the rising of price of beans, which in term encouraging the farmers to increasing their productivity. The cocoa beans used in this project work were obtained from IPELE Farm Owo, in Ondo State, Nigeria. The cocoa beans were sundried after fermentation for 5days and dishelmed. The bean and shell were separately milled into powder. The chemical composition of both seed and shell flour/powder were investigated accord…