Cocoa waste to wrap chocolate?

摘要

Chocolate wrapped in chocolate? An innovation that could save the skins of many of the 3.5 million tonnes of cocoa beans produced each year by turning them into paper has been pioneered by British paper manufacturer James Cropper, paving the way for millions of chocolate bars to be wrapped and sold in the stuff of their creation. Approximately 10 tonnes of cocoa husk waste accounts for every single tonne of dry cocoa bean produced or 76% of the fruit itself, making the production of a versatile paper from the remnants of the chocolate production process a potentially significant breakthrough for the food and packaging industries. A bio-recycling solution that, unlike other cocoa recycling processes doesn't necessitate burning or gradual degrading of the fibres of the cocoa husk, the finished light brown paper utilises the cocoa as a natural colourant, avoiding the need for artificial dyes.