Analytical dataset of Ecuadorian cocoa shells and beans

Giorgio Grillo; Luisa Boffa; Arianna Binello; Stefano Mantegna; Giancarlo Cravotto; Farid Chemat; Tatiana Dizhbite; Liga Lauberte; Galina Telysheva

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.11.129

Analytical dataset of Ecuadorian cocoa shells and beans

Data Brief. 2018 Nov 29:22:56-64. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.11.129. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Authors

Giorgio Grillo¹, Luisa Boffa¹, Arianna Binello¹, Stefano Mantegna¹, Giancarlo Cravotto¹, Farid Chemat², Tatiana Dizhbite³, Liga Lauberte³, Galina Telysheva³

Affiliations

¹ Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco, University of Turin, 10235 Turin, Italy.
² Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, INRA, UMR408, GREEN Team Extraction, F-84000 Avignon, France.
³ Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, 1006 Riga, Latvia.

Abstract

Full analytical data of Ecuadorian cocoa wastes (raw shells) and beans (as benchmark), are herein reported. A detailed characterization of production residues may pave the road to a zero-waste strategy for the cocoa industry. Multiple analytical techniques have been exploited to define the composition of the matrices, among them: elemental analyses, FTIR, Py-GC/MS/FID and UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS. Quali-quantitative data of carbohydrates, lipids, lignin, polyphenols, alkaloids and proteins have been obtained by Py-GC/MS/FID and UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS. Assignations are fully supported by literature references. The FAMEs composition of lipophilic UAE extract is also reported for sake of comparison with cocoa butter. This data collection completes a wider valorization work, "Cocoa bean shell waste valorisation; extraction from lab to pilot-scale cavitational reactors" (Grillo et al., 2018).