Forastero is the most common variety of cacao bean, grown in high volume on commercial farms. It represents approximately 85% of world cacao production.

Categories: Chocolate Nuts & Seeds Tropical fruit
Characteristic of: Oaxacan cuisine
Contains, including ancestors: Cocoa butter Chocolate liquor
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Wikidata ID: Q208008
Wikipedia title: Cocoa bean
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_bean#Varieties
https://perfectdailygrind.com/2018/08/is-criollo-chocolate-really-king-the-myth-of-the-3-cacao-varieties/
https://www.chocolate.co.uk/blogs/news/the-different-varieties-of-cocoa-beans-criollo-trinitario-and-forastero
Wikipedia article: Cocoa bean
Chocolates and confections at home with the Culinary Institute of America; Greweling, Peter, 2010
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