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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Effect of Agroforestry and Cocoa-Producing Geographical Origin on the Sensory Profile of Beans and Chocolates in the Climate Change Context in Côte d'Ivoire.

Florent G Kouamé Amien, Maï Koumba Koné, Christian Adobi Kadjo, Alfred Koffi Yao, Isabelle Maraval, Renaud Boulanger, Simplice Tagro Guéhi

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Florent G Kouamé AmienUnité de Formation et de Recherche Sciences et Technologies des Aliments, Université Nangui ABROGOUA, 02 BP 801, Abidjan 02, Côte d'Ivoire.
Maï Koumba KonéInstitut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Yamoussoukro Bp 1093, Côte d'Ivoire.
Christian Adobi KadjoUnité de Formation et de Recherche Sciences et Technologies, Université Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké BP V 18 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
Alfred Koffi YaoUnité de Formation et de Recherche Sciences et Technologies des Aliments, Université Nangui ABROGOUA, 02 BP 801, Abidjan 02, Côte d'Ivoire.
Isabelle MaravalCIRAD, UMR Qualisud, TA B 96/16. 75, Rue Jean-François Breton, 34398 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France.
Renaud BoulangerCIRAD, UMR Qualisud, TA B 96/16. 75, Rue Jean-François Breton, 34398 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9396-5634
Simplice Tagro GuéhiUnité de Formation et de Recherche Sciences et Technologies des Aliments, Université Nangui ABROGOUA, 02 BP 801, Abidjan 02, Côte d'Ivoire.ORCID 0000-0001-6401-5744

Funding

European DeSIRA Initiative under grant agreement and the French Development Agency No. FOOD/2019/412-132
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper investigated the effects of agroforestry (AF) on the sensory profiles of cocoa beans and the organoleptic quality of end-chocolates. A three-day opening delay for the Ivorian hybrid cultivar commonly known as "Mercedes" (Amelonado × West African Trinitario) from AF and full-sun (FS) plantations as control located at five cocoa-producing areas were fermented in wooden boxes for 6 days and stirred at days 2 and 4. Fermented cocoa was sun-dried until reaching 7-8% moisture and processed into chocolate. Volatile compounds of cocoa powder and chocolate were analyzed using the SPME-GC-MS method, while the organoleptic perception of chocolates was assessed by 12 professional judges according to 10 sensory descriptors. The findings revealed that the concentrations of esters ranged from 9.41 ± 0.61 to 19.35 ± 1.28 µg.g

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agroforestrychocolatecocoa beansCôte d’Ivoirevolatile compounds

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PMID41465027
PMCPMC12733373

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