This was a surprising area to see novel approaches being tried, though it doesn’t seem to remotely solve the problems around cocoa beans.

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    3 months ago

    This sounds like a solution in search of a problem.

    Sugar from cane or beets is already cheap, are cocoa husks really such a big problem we can’t just compost them?

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      3 months ago

      What I take it as it will reduce labor costs since you’re chucking the whole thing into production instead of just the beans.

      But then again, slavery is very inexpensive sooooooooo…

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        3 months ago

        If cocoa pulp costs more than finished sugar, how is adding more work going to reduce labor costs?