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Candy & confectionary
A set of food items that are usually rich in sugar and calories but low in micronutrients. As well as candy (USA), they are also called sweets (UK) and lollies (Australia).
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cabosse de cacao, cacao pod or cocoa pod
Candy & confectionary; Chocolate
The pod-like fruit of the cacao tree (see photos, top left and right), which flowers almost year-round, with one or two major flowering periods during the 10th to the 12th year in ...
cabruca
Candy & confectionary; Chocolate
The system of saving the rainforest by cutting down just a few of the tall rainforest trees, and planting the mid-height cacao trees underneath. While this results in lower yields ...
cacahuatl
Candy & confectionary; Chocolate
In the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs, the word for the cacao bean and the drink it produced. Pronounced cah-cah-WA-tay, it is derived from the Mayan word,xocoatl. See ...
cacao
Candy & confectionary; Chocolate
(1) The name of both the tree native to Amazon forests (Theobroma cacao L.) and the unprocessed seeds (beans) from which chocolate is made. Americans refer to the bean ...
cacao nib
Candy & confectionary; Chocolate
See nib. Other terms used to identify the nib include amande de cacao, amandes décortiquées, cacao en grains and grain de cacao.
cacao content or cocoa percentage
Candy & confectionary; Chocolate
The percentage of cacao or chocolate liquor in the processed chocolate. In general, the higher the cacao content, the lower the amount of sugar used in making the chocolate; and ...
cacao fevier
Candy & confectionary; Chocolate
The French word to indicate a bean-to-bar chocolate producer.
Sub-categories
- Caramels (65)
- Chocolate (8523)
- Gum (399)
- Gummies (220)
- Hard candy (409)
- Licorice (38)
- Lollies (340)
- Mints (149)
- Sours (32)
- Sugar candy (79)