Cocoa beans are the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, from which cocoa solids and cocoa butter are extracted. Cocoa trees grow in hot, rainy tropical areas within 20-degree of latitude from the Equator. Cocoa harvest is not limited to one period per year, and a harvest naturally is completed over several months. Cocoa is harvested in several countries at any time of the year. Cocoa has proven to be one of the most useful ingredients in chocolate and cosmetic products.