date:Jan 20, 2014
s also a conservation angle to knowing whether products are truly what confectioners claim them to be, the researchers note, as the ability to authenticate premium and rare varieties would encourage growers to maintain cacao biodiversity rather than depend on the most abundant and easiest to grow trees.
Researchers have found ways to verify through genetic testing the authenticity of many other crops, including cereals, fruits, olives, tea and coffee, but those methods aren't suitable for caca