How to Use cocoa bean in a Sentence

cocoa bean

noun
  • Cacao nibs are small pieces of cocoa bean.
    — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025
  • It’s made from only the butter and fat of the cocoa bean, not any of the solids.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The mulch is made from the shells of cocoa beans and is a byproduct of the production of chocolate.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • Moreover, they are made with the highest-grade cocoa beans from Peru.
    — Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • All cocoa beans need to be fermented in order to bring out their chocolate flavor.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Mulch Many rustic paths make use of a mulch of some kind, such as shredded bark, cocoa bean shells, or arborist chips.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Raw cocoa bean prices have risen dramatically in recent years due to the choke in supply.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • And like last year, cocoa bean industry experts are expecting high price tags to be passed down to consumers.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Recently one metric ton of cocoa beans would fetch $9,830, a record high.
    — Simon Constable, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Ancient civilizations used to use cocoa beans (the stuff used to make chocolate) as money.
    — Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 15 July 2024
  • The cocoa beans are imported from Mexico, and roasted and ground in-house.
    — Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • To prove the provenance of all cocoa, every smallholder's farm would need to be mapped and every cocoa bean tracked from farm to port.
    — Tim Cocks and Ange Aboa, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Do not use cocoa bean mulch that is sold at garden centers and businesses that sell gardening supplies.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • Instead, the oil helps preserve and accent the natural richness and depth of flavor found in the cocoa beans.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 6 May 2018
  • The team then harvested fresh cocoa beans and sterilized them to ensure that no other microbes were present.
    — New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Lead can get onto the cocoa beans after harvest, potentially from dust and soil, while beans dry outside.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 29 June 2024
  • Skyrocketing prices of cocoa beans have driven up costs in the chocolate industry.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • About 75% of the cacao fruit is discarded after the cocoa beans are harvested.
    — Richard Collings, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Dissecting the process The unique flavor of the chocolate is due to the fermentation of the cocoa beans.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
  • In Ivory Coast, cocoa bean exports make up 40% of the total export revenue.
    — ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • In Ivory Coast, cocoa bean exports make up 40% of the total export revenue.
    — Edward Acquah, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Consecutive years of drops in production led to one of the largest-ever supply deficits of cocoa beans compared to demand.
    — Isaac Tellechea, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The cocoa bean of where chocolate is made from has a higher antioxidant capacity than other foods.
    — Jillian Brewster, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Cocoa butter, the natural fat extracted from cocoa beans, is what makes chocolate liquid when hot and solid when cold.
    — Eric Kim, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • After harvest, diverse microbes produce acids and other waste products, mostly in the gooey pulp that surrounds the raw cocoa beans.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2019
  • The array of products locked in a similar supply-demand crunch includes coffee and cocoa beans, which have led to an uptick in some candy prices.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Even more impressively, the entire choo choo—from its cars to its passengers to the rocks beneath its tracks—is made from the cocoa bean confection.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2021
  • In recent months, supply problems have begun to ease, bringing cocoa bean costs down significantly from last year’s peak.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Yeah, it's been something like between 70 and 80% of the world's cocoa beans are coming from West Africa.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Dec. 2024
  • That led to a mounting stockpile of rotting cocoa beans in warehouses, while farmers who already sold their stocks to governments have not been paid for months.
    — Edward Acquah, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026

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