The diagram shows the process of chocolate production.

The diagram illustrates the process of producing chocolate, starting with the growth of the pods on the

cacao

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trees and ending with the production of ready-made chocolate.

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, it is a man-made, linear process that includes 10 stages, involving some equipment.

To begin

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, the

cacao

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trees are cultivated in tropical regions

such

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as the southern part of America, the African continent and Indonesia. Once the pods are ridden and turn red, they are harvested and white

cacao

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beans are carefully removed before being fermented, after that they are laid out on a huge tray under the sun to be completely dried to package them. Moving to the following stage, dried beans are placed into large sacks with a 54-kilogram capacity and delivered to the factory by train or lorries. Once they are distributed to the destination, beans are roasted at 350 degrees Celsius before being crushed and separated from outer shells.

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, the inner part is pressed in order to extract

cacao

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liquid, which is

then

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processed into chocolate.