The illustrations below show how chocolate is produced. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features.

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The flowcharts show how to produce
chocolate
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.
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, there are 10 steps in the process of producing
chocolate
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, starting with the pods of cacao trees are ripe, and ending with liquid
chocolate
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produced. Cacao trees planted in America, Africa, and Indonesia have many ripe red pods. After being harvested, the ripe red pods are split to collect white cocoa
beans
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inner. The
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then
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are fermented in a wooden box having banana leaves at the bottom before being spread on a big rectangular container in the sun to dry.
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the dry
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are manually put in large sacks to transport to a manufacturer by train or a lorry. Once being factories, the
beans
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are first roasted at a temperature of 350 degrees.
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, the
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are detached from their outer shell by a crusher. The
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removed from the outer shell are now ready to be pressed into liquid
chocolate
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by a presser machine.
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