A one-factor ANOVA was used to study the effect of cocoa origin on proximate and minerals content and on the fatty acid profile of unroasted cocoa bean samples.
A three-factor ANOVA with interactions was used to study the effect of cocoa origin, roasting time and conching time on proximate content and on the fatty acid profile of chocolate samples.
The significance of differences between means was established using Tukey’s test (α ⩽ 0.05).
All the analyses were carried out with XLSTAT Pro software version 2009 (Addinsoft, France).