The cocoa bean is the seed of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), a tropical plant indigenous to the equatorial regions of the Americas. From the processed cocoa bean comes the fluid paste, or liquor, from which cocoa powder and chocolate are made.Theobroma cacao grows pods on both its branches and trunk. Growers have to be very careful not to damage the cacao tree when harvesting them. Because itâ??s such a delicate task, pods are picked by hand.Each bean is made of about 50% of a fat called cocoa butter. The beans are 20% protein and also contain water, as well as a large amount of nutrients such as theobromine and vitamins. The beans also contain starch and other minerals.Each pod contains 16 to 60 cocoa beans. You have to extract the fruitâ??s contents to get at its beans, in a process known as de-seeding.When fresh, beans look like seeds covered in a white, sticky pulp called mucilage. They can be eaten as they are. However, if we want to store them for later use, we have to ferment and then dry them. We can also roast them.
The cocoa bean is the seed of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), a tropical plant indigenous to the equatorial regions of the Americas. From the processed cocoa bean comes the fluid paste, or liquor, from which cocoa powder and chocolate are made.Theobroma cacao grows pods on both its branches and trunk. Growers have to be very careful not to damage the cacao tree when harvesting them. Because itâ??s such a delicate task, pods are picked by hand.Each bean is made of about 50% of a fat called cocoa butter. The beans are 20% protein and also contain water, as well as a large amount of nutrients such as theobromine and vitamins. The beans also contain starch and other minerals.Each pod contains 16 to 60 cocoa beans. You have to extract the fruitâ??s contents to get at its beans, in a process known as de-seeding.When fresh, beans look like seeds covered in a white, sticky pulp called mucilage. They can be eaten as they are. However, if we want to store them for later use, we have to ferment and then dry them. We can also roast them.
Made from the best raw cocoa, UTZ Standard. Using in the beauty industry: antioxidant, beautiful skin (lipid 99,6%)
Natural cocoa butter FFA 3% - 8%
Cocoa butter is also rich in natural plant compounds called phytochemicals. These substances may improve blood flow to the skin and slow skin aging by protecting against damage from the sunâ??s harmful UV rays
Description : The cocoa butter is a fatty component resulting from the application of a very high pressure on the cocoa liquor while filtering it. This cocoa liquor is obtained from a milling process applied to the toasted and spoiled cocoa beans, without any chemical additive during the whole process, in thus respecting the total purity of the cocoa butter
We produce and supply cocoa butter, cocoa powder, cocoa cake in large exportable quantities.
Iodine Value (%) : 1 Max Free Fatty Acid (%) : 0.1 Max Moisture & Impurities (%) : 0.1 Max
Fineness: 99.0-99.9% through 200 micron sieve Appearance: fine, free flowing brown powder Flavor: characteristic cocoa flavour Total plate count: 1000cfu/g max. Coliforms: 30mpn/100g max. Yeast count: 50cfu/g max. Mould count: 50cfu/g max. Pathogenic bacteria: negative 25kilo bags
Organic and standard cocoa powder.
