tim morch

Cocoa’s roughly 90% waste-to-product ratio is among the highest in agriculture when you compare dried bean weight to total pod weight, with each ton of dry cocoa beans generating eight to ten tons of wet cocoa pod husk. This makes by-product valorization particularly critical for sustainability. The whole-fruit circular economy is a model that upcycles and monetizes CPH, pulp, and cocoa bean shell, rather than beans alone.