While natural cocoa powder is bitter and highly acidic, black cocoa powder is more basic, which results in what some describe as less chocolate flavor.

Climate change is driving more extreme weather events in the region where many cocoa beans are grown. A brother-sister team in Germany is working on a solution: making chocolate without cocoa beans.

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Sun-dried cocoa beans inside a warehouse in Assin Foso, Ghana, November 20, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab.