More people across the globe are eating chocolate and not just on Valentine's Day, which could
mean higher cocoa prices.
Not exact matches
However, a
higher cacao percentage does
mean a more intense chocolate flavour due its greater chocolate liquor content - except in the case of white chocolate where the cacao content is solely derived from
cocoa butter.
Chocolate that is minimally processed and has the
highest cocoa content (which
means the darkest chocolate) has the
highest level of flavonoids.
This
means cocoa powder is made from roasting cacao powder at a
high temperature.
They also have a
high cocoa content — which
means you get the chocolaty hit and numerous health benefits.
I feel great about purchasing from Rodelle because the
cocoa is such
high quality and they are a Fair Trade participant which likely
means the beans were not harvested by child slaves.
The chocolate they ate was also unsweetened,
meaning that it had a particularly
high proportion of
cocoa powder.
The
high cocoa content does technically
mean that dark chocolate is easier to overdose on, but it is still almost impossible.
Dark Chocolate,
meaning chocolate with a
higher cocoa content with no added dairy, gains a lot of attention for its health benefits.