Can Ghana cocoa beans be used as intermediate cocoa products?
Therefore, this study extracted and characterised oil from Ghana cocoa beans toevaluate their use as intermediate cocoa products for industrial applications. The extraction process followed first-order kinetics.
Is cocoa bean oil suitable for industrial applications?
All in all, the characterisations provide sufficient confirmation that the cocoa bean oil ishighly stable and suitable as an intermediate material for industrial applications such as the manufacturing of cocoa products, chocolates, phytochemicals, cosmetics, cocoa bean equivalent and others.
How is cocoa bean extracted?
The powdered cocoa bean (20.01 ± 0.03 g) was weighed with a Sartorius analytical balance and transferred into an extraction thimble. The thimble was inserted into an extraction beaker and filled with 200 mL petroleum ether with constant swirling.
What are the methods of cocoa bean extraction?
Several methods for cocoa bean extraction have been reported in the literature ( Asep et al., 2016, Amarante et al., 2014, Okiyama et al., 2019a, Jahurul et al., 2013, Saldaa et al., 2002 ); including supercritical fluid extraction, solvent-free microwave-assisted extraction, ultrasonic-assisted extraction, and others.