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Hands holding dried Copoazú seeds above a sack of seeds

Harvest Chronicles: Copoazú, the Amazon White Cacao with Untapped Potential

Known locally as “white cacao”, Copoazú (Theobroma grandiflorum, known in Brazil as cupuaçu) is native to the Amazon Basin and belongs to the same family as cacao. The flavour is one of the fruit’s greatest assets: a fragrant blend of chocolate, pineapple, pear and banana, with a creamy pulp that has become a favourite in fine pastry, natural beverages and functional foods. The seeds yield a rich butter increasingly used in premium skincare.

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