chocolate quality may be influenced by a variety of environmental,agronmic and technological factors to whice the cocoa beans are subjected from the opening of the fruit until the end of industrial processing.Among these factors,it is know that the microorganisms present in the fermentation play an essential role in the development of the sensorial characteristics of chocolate (Rohan,1964;Schwan and Wheals,2004;Afoakwa et al,2008).