Ngaphezu kawoyela nekhofi, cocoa ungenye yezinto zokusetshenziswa ezibaluleke kakhulu emakethe yomhlaba. Ukushintshashintsha kwamanani nentengo yemakethe ephakeme ilolonga isithombe. Naphezu kwesidingo esandayo, imindeni eminingi emincane ayinakho ukuziphilisa. I-Fairtrade ingumbono obalulekile wokuthola ikusasa lokutshala ukoko esikhathini eside.
Ukuqothuka kwenani lamazwe we cocoa value kuyaqhubeka ukukhula. Izinkampani ezinhlanu njengamanje zenza izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zokuthengiswa komhlaba wonke kwemikhiqizo yamashokoleti, kanti amaprosesa amabili akhiqiza amaphesenti angama-70-80 koshokholethi wezimboni emhlabeni.
Ukulinyelwa kweCocoa kungumthombo omkhulu wemali engenayo yabalimi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-5,5 emazweni okuthiwa asathuthuka futhi kuqinisekisa impilo yabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-14.
Yini cocoa ongayenza
Kukhona izithako ezizungeze ezingama-300 obhontshini we cocoa. Okuningi kakhulu ukuthi inani labo lingalinganiselwa kuphela kuze kube manje - futhi imiphumela yabo yezempilo ayikacwaningwa ngokuphelele. Ngokuphikisana nenkolelo ethandwayo, cocoa yemvelo iqukethe ushukela owodwa kuphela wamaphesenti. Isithako esiyinhloko, ngakolunye uhlangothi, sinamafutha: cishe amaphesenti angama-54 ibhotela likakhukhunathi ebhontshini, ngaphezu kwalokho kunamaphesenti amaphesenti ayi-11,5, amaphesenti ayisishiyagalolunye e-cellulose, amanzi amaphesenti amahlanu namaminerali angama-2,6 - kufaka phakathi i-potassium ne-magnesium - kanye nefayibha ne-Vitamin E ebalulekile.
Isizathu esiyinhloko esenza ukuthi i-cocoa ikhuphuke inhlalonhle yi-serotonin futhi i-dopamine equkethe: Lezi zinto zingaba nomphumela wokuqhakambisa amandla kubantu futhi zikhulise inhlala-kahle.
Ngasikhathi sinye, ushokoledi onamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-70 we-cocoa futhi kuthiwa wehlisa umfutho wegazi futhi wehlise nengozi yokushaywa unhlangothi. Imbangela yalomphumela ama-flavanols amaningi akulo, athuthukisa ukuqina kwemithambo yegazi.
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