Although chocolate as we know it has been with us for 500 years, the cocoa tree, the plant from which chocolate is derived has been actively cultivated for twice that time and known for 4000 years.
Caribbean Food & Nutrition Institute
Jamaica Centre
University of the West Indies Campus Mona, P. O. Box 140, Kingston 7, Jamaica
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Caribbean Food & Nutrition Institute
Trinidad Centre
University of the West Indies Campus St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago
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