What has a similar taste to chocolate but isn’t chocolate? Carob. Carob is a tree, native to the Mediterranean region, grown for its edible pods. Inside the pods are seeds and pulp. The seeds are ...

With climate change and higher incidences of crop diseases, global cocoa production and supply is being threatened. A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS), motivated by these ...

NUS scientists created cocoa alternative using carob, a climate-resilient plant, to combat rising cocoa prices and supply disruptions. However, a major hurdle for current wider adoption of carob-based ...