The Chocolate-Plant (Theobroma Cacao) And Its Products ..
The Chocolate-Plant (Theobroma Cacao) And Its Products ..
Walter Baker & Company
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Albuminoids, or substances resembling, in a general way, the albumin of egg, occur in chocolate-seeds as they do in other seeds, and in a somewhat higher amount than in certain other cases in which the seeds are used as food. The percentage ranges from about fifteen to twenty, depending on the variety. These albumin- oids are compounds of nitrogen, and are extremely nutritious. In the seeds they occur in a readily assimilable form, fit for digestion. Their peculiar relations as flesh-formers ar...e referred to in the section treating of the physiology of chocolate-seeds. Digitized by Google ITS SEEDS AS THEY APPEAR IN COMMERCE. 25 Cacao-red occurs as a coloring matter in small amount. It is rendered dark by alkalies. Theobromine, the active principle of the cocoa-bean, consti- tutes less than one per cent of the weight of the seeds, but it varies greatly in amount in different seeds, ranging from -^ of one per cent in some, to a trifle over one per cent in others. The ash left on completely burning cocoa-beans is not far from four per cent.
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