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Ceylon Cocoa beans Organic Natural High Quality - 10 Pure Dried Beans
$ 2.37
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Description
Thecocoa bean
(technically cocoa seed) or simply cocoa also called the
cacao bean
(technically cacao seed) or cacao is the dried and fully fermented seed.
cocoa bean, seed of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), which is used
to create cocoa and cocoa butter
, key ingredients of chocolate.
Ideally eat a minimum of 8 whole roasted peeled beans every day
. After roasting they will be soft and warm, but as they cool down the cacao butter within the bean will harden and the bean itself will become crunchy.
The fiber in cacao beans promotes healthy digestion
. Getting enough fiber can help soften your bowel movements, prevent hemorrhoids and help with other digestive conditions. Per serving, cacao contains more heart-healthy flavonoids than red wine. These flavonoids have been linked to improved heart health.
Although we regularly use the terms coffee beans and cocoa beans,
neither are actually beans
. Coffee beans are the pits/seeds of bright red berries, and cocoa beans are seeds from the cocoa pod.
10 dried cocoa beans