Potential Use of Industrial Cocoa Waste in Biofuel Production

Table 1

Chemical composition of cocoa wastes.

Waste	Moisture (%)	Ash (g/100 g)	Protein (g/100 g)	Fat (g/100 g)	Carbohydrates (g/100 g)	References
CBS	7.05	7.09	15.59	3.00	65.58	[15]
	7.7–10.1	7.3	15–18.1	0.66	17.8	[16]
	7.7	7.3	15	2.02	17.8	[17]
	3.6–13	5.96–11.4	10.3–27.4	1.5–8.5	7.8–70.2	[18]
CPH	6.4–14.1	5.9–13.0	2.1–9.1	5.9–13.0	17.5–47	[16]
	—	6.4–8.4	7–10	1.5–2	32–47	[19]
	—	11.37	11.27	7.15	46.6	[20]
	80.2	9.1	5.9	1.2	57.6	[21]
CM	92.7	7.51–7.58	5.47–5.56	1.91–192	67.99–68.35	[16]
	—	3.7–7.68	0.41–5.56	1.91–354	10.7–68.35	[6]
	80.55	9.34	5.12	0.46	52.43	[22]
	86.38	0.36	0.62	1.45	52.02–70.01	[23]

CBS = cocoa bean shell; CPH = cocoa pod husk; CM = cocoa mucilage.