100% cocoa powder - Origin Côte d'Ivoire

Superior cocoa powder
This powder has an attractive warm color and a fat content of 22-24.
Ideal for adding flavor and color.

How do you cook cocoa powder?

Raw cocoa powder will allow you to make delicious hot or cold drinks, and it will also, of course, be used in the preparation of many desserts, each more delicious than the last. Treat yourself to cocoa powder cakes and other mug cakes, which have been very popular lately. But don't limit yourself to desserts, because cocoa powder can work wonders in savory cooking. A pinch of cocoa powder in a tortilla will add depth and bitterness. In sauce, you'll be won over. One idea among many others: soy sauce, cocoa powder, and grated ginger. Soak shrimp in it and your palate will be delighted! Finally, think of the poultry-and-cocoa combination, which works really well.

What is cocoa powder?

Once upon a time, there was the almond of the cocoa bean or cocoa tree, a tree native to Mexico. This tree produces a fruit, the pod. Each pod contains between 30 and 40 beans, of which the almond is part. The almond is very bitter. It must therefore be fermented, sorted, and finally roasted. Only after this roasting is it crushed and then ground. But the story is not over yet, because this produces cocoa mass, a fatty product since it contains cocoa butter. Cocoa powder, however, is almost free of lipids. The final chapter of this story therefore consists of removing the cocoa butter from the cocoa mass. What is obtained is called the "cake". It will be ground one last time and then sifted, to finally produce the famous cocoa powder.

The health and nutritional benefits of cocoa powder

Real cocoa powder (without added sugars) is very interesting from a nutritional point of view. It is low in carbohydrates and fats, but, on the other hand, incredibly rich in complex antioxidants such as polyphenols, flavonoids, and catechins. The secret is that cocoa powder is in fact simply raw cocoa. Since it has not undergone intense heating, the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants have not been altered. The result: cardiovascular health and a proven anti-aging effect. And all this without losing the anti-stress action for which chocolate is renowned, as well as the magnesium content that makes cocoa powder a major ally against fatigue and low energy.