The next layer is a husk with fibers called the mesocarp. The inner layer, called the endocarp, is hard and brown with three spots or "eyes" on the shell. In the U.S., only the endocarp is sold in ...

In order to develop the sweetness of their new chocolate, the researchers combined the cocoa pod’s endocarp (inner layer of the pod, around the seed) with pulp to create a sweetening gel. This was a ...

Their new recipe involves taking what’s known as the endocarp, the inner layer of the fruit shell, and mixing it with some of the pulp surrounding the beans to make a sweet cocoa jelly.

The key is to use more materials from the cocoa pod that are usually discarded, including more of the pulp as well as the inner lining of the husk, known as the endocarp. This is mixed together to ...

Cocoa pods are comprised of cocoa beans, pods, endocarp and pulp. Credit: Cristina Aldehuela / Getty. Working alongside chocolatiers in the food industry, researchers at ETH Zurich say they have ...

Sural-nerve biopsy revealed segmental demyelination that may have resulted from disruption of the metabolic activity of the Schwann cell by a poisonous element of the endocarp of this fruit.

It stores water like a sponge, keeping the coconut hydrated. Protection for the seed: The innermost layer, called the endocarp, is hard and keeps the seed safe. It makes sure the seed doesn’t ...

Coconut shells consist of three distinct layers: the leathery exocarp on the outside, the fibrous mesocarp in the middle, and the hard endocarp on the inside, which protects the developing ...