As raw cocoa is generally referred raw cocoa beans , the seeds of the fruit of the cocoa tree . As a commodity, they are usually fermented . Other common processing methods are treatment with steam and subsequent drying for easier separation of the kernels from shells, membranes and germs, as well as for debacterization. It is also common to roast cocoa beans, which are then referred to as raw cocoa.
Individual evidence
↑ Explanation on Chapter 18 of the Harmonized System and item 1801
↑ [1] Example of the use of the term, German Bundestag, 2nd electoral period, printed matter 922, draft of a twenty-second ordinance on changes in customs duties of October 27, 1954
