Cocoa powder 100% - Origin Ivory Coast

Superior cocoa powder
This powder has an attractive warm colour and a fat percentage of 22-24.
Ideal for flavouring and colouring.

How to cook with cocoa powder?

Raw cocoa powder can be used to make delicious hot or cold drinks, and of course, it also goes into the preparation of many equally delicious desserts. You can make cocoa powder cakes and other mug cakes that have been very popular lately. But don't limit yourself to desserts, because cocoa powder can work wonders in savoury cooking. A dash of cocoa powder in a tortilla will give it strength and bitterness. In a sauce, you'll be delighted. Here's one tip among many: soy sauce, cocoa powder, and grated ginger. Dip shrimp in it and your palate will be enchanted! Finally, consider the poultry-cocoa combination, which works really well.

What is cocoa powder?

Once upon a time, there was the kernel of the beans of the cacao tree, a tree native to Mexico. This tree produces a fruit, the pod. Each pod contains between 30 and 40 beans, including the kernel. The kernel is very bitter. It must therefore be fermented, sorted, and finally roasted. It is only after this roasting that it is crushed, then ground. But the story is not over yet, because then we get cocoa mass, a fatty product since it contains cocoa butter. However, cocoa powder is almost free of lipids. The last chapter of this story therefore consists of removing the cocoa butter from the cocoa mass. What is obtained is called "press cake". It will be ground one last time then sieved, to finally produce the famous cocoa powder.

The health and nutritional benefits of cocoa powder

Real cocoa powder (without added sugar) 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 actually just raw cocoa. Since it has not undergone extensive heating, the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants have not been altered. The result is cardiovascular system health and a proven anti-aging effect. And all this without losing the stress-relieving action for which chocolate is famous, as well as the magnesium content that makes cocoa powder a major ally against fatigue and sluggishness.