Liiska walxaha shukulaatada, guud ahaan waxa uu ka kooban yahay: cufka kookaha, subagga kookaha, iyo budada kookaha.Waxa ku jira kookaha adag waxa lagu calaamadayn doonaa baakadaha sare ee shukulaatada.Inta badan waxa ku jira kookaha adag (oo ay ku jiraan cufnaanta kookaha, budada kookaha iyo subagga kookaha), waxa sii kordha maaddooyinka faa'iidada leh iyo qiimaha nafaqada ee shukulaatada.Alaabooyinka shukulaatada leh in ka badan 60% kookaha ku jira suuqa waa naadir;Badeecooyinka shukulaatada badankoodu aad bay ugu badan yihiin sonkorta waxayna dhadhankoodu aad u macaan yihiin oo kaliya waxaa loo kala saari karaa nacnac.

Cocoa Mass
Ka dib markii digirta kookaha la khamiiro, la dubay oo la diiray, waa la miiraa oo lagu cadaadiyaa "cawska kookaha", oo sidoo kale loo yaqaan "khamriga kookaha".Cabbirka kookaha waa shey ceeriin ah oo muhiim u ah soo saarista shukulaatada;waxa kale oo ay leedahay nafaqaynta subaga kookaha iyo budada kookaha.Baaxadda kookaha waa bunni madow.Marka ay diirran tahay, cufka kookuhu waa dareere viscous ah oo qulqulaya, waxayna ku adkeysataa baloog ka dib qaboojinta.Khamriga kookaha, kaas oo loo kala saari karo subagga kookaha iyo keega kookaha, ka dibna lagu sii farsameeyo cuntooyinka kale.

Budada kookaha
Keega kookaha midabkiisu waa bunni-cas waxayna leeyihiin caraf udgoon oo dabiici ah.Keega kookaha waa shay lagama maarmaanka u ah farsamaynta budada kookaha ee kala duwan iyo cabitaannada shukulaatada.Laakiin shukulaatada cad kuma jiraan budada kookaha haba yaraatee.
Budada kookaha waxaa lagu helaa iyadoo la jajabiyo keega kookaha oo lagu shiido budo.Budada kookaha sidoo kale waxay leedahay udgoonka kookaha, waxayna ka kooban tahay iskudhisyo polyphenolic ah oo leh sifooyin antioxidant iyo macdano kala duwan sida magnesium iyo potassium.
Budada kookaha waxay soo ururisaa qaybaha antioxidant ee kookaha, taas oo ah faa'iidada ugu badan ee caafimaadka aadanaha.Daraasadaha caafimaadku waxay caddeeyeen in budada kookaha ee aan la macaanayn ay gacan ka geysan karto xakamaynta cadaadiska dhiigga, yaraynta xinjirowga dhiigga iyo yaraynta khatarta cudurrada wadnaha.

Subagga Coco
Subagga kookaha waa dufanka dabiiciga ah ee ku jira digirta kookaha.Subagga kookaha waa mid adag marka heerkulku ka hooseeyo 27°C, dareere heerkulkiisu sarreeyo, wuxuuna bilaabaa inuu dhalaaliyo marka uu ku dhawaado heerkulka jidhka 35°C.Subagga kookaha waa amber xaalad dareere ah iyo midab huruud ah oo xaalad adag ah.Subagga kookaha ayaa siinaya shukulaatada jilicsanaan gaar ah iyo sifooyin dhalaalid-in-afka;waxay siinaysaa shukulaatada dhadhan qafiif ah iyo dhalaal qoto dheer.

Waa in la ogaadaa in, iyadoo ku xiran nooca shukulaatada, nooca wax lagu daro ayaa sidoo kale ka duwan.Shukulaatada dufanka saafiga ah waxay isticmaali kartaa block dareeraha kookaha, ama budada kookaha iyo subagga kookaha, laakiin subagga kookaha ee beddelka shukulaatada ma isticmaali doonto block dareere ah iyo subagga kookaha.Shukulaatada beddelka subagga kookaha waxay isticmaashaa kaliya budada kookaha iyo dufan macmal ah, taas oo ka kooban waxyeello aysiidh dufan leh.