Cocoa
<p>Food uses of sodium hydroxide include washing or chemical peeling of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruits" title="Fruits" class="mw-redirect" >fruits</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetables" title="Vegetables" class="mw-redirect" >vegetables</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate" title="Chocolate" >chocolate</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_mass" title="Cocoa mass" class="mw-redirect" >cocoa</a> processing, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caramel_coloring" title="Caramel coloring" class="mw-redirect" >caramel coloring</a> production, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poultry" title="Poultry" >poultry</a> scalding, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_drink" title="Soft drink" >soft drink</a> processing, and thickening <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream" title="Ice cream" >ice cream</a>. </p>
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<b >Chocolate</b> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/En-us-chocolate.ogg" title="Listen" ><img src="/1e5e1119-075d-51fa-a405-bad38340ca57.png"/></a><sup class="noexcerpt" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En-us-chocolate.ogg" title="File:En-us-chocolate.ogg" >i</a></sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >ˈtʃɒklət</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >/</a> is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical <i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobroma_cacao" title="Theobroma cacao" >Theobroma cacao</a></i> tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico" >Mexico</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America" >Central</a> and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC. The majority of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican" title="Mesoamerican" class="mw-redirect" >Mesoamerican</a> people made chocolate beverages, including the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec" title="Aztec" >Aztecs</a>, who made it into a beverage known as <i >xocolātl</i>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl" title="Nahuatl" >Nahuatl</a> word meaning "bitter water". The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter(taste)" title="Bitter (taste)" class="mw-redirect" >bitter</a> taste, and must be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermentation(food)" title="Fermentation (food)" >fermented</a> to develop the flavor.</p>