Description of COCOA POWDER 100g

COCOA POWDER 100g  is an end product after cacao beans have been fermented, roasted and pressed to extract most of the cocoa butter. “With all of the flavor but a fraction of the fat, cocoa powder is essentially a concentrated form of cocoa beans: it is bitter and strong.

Cocoa powder, an unsweetened chocolate product, adds deep chocolate flavor to desserts and beverages.

Cocoa Powder vs. Chocolate

Bar chocolate combines cocoa solids and cocoa butter along with sugar and some form of emulsifier such as lecithin to hold the ingredients together. Cocoa powder contains primarily cocoa solids, with only about 10 to 15 percent cocoa butter vs. the 50 percent or more in chocolate.

Higher-quality cocoa powder retains slightly more cocoa butter than lesser brands. Cocoa powder is the missing ingredient in so-called “white chocolate,” which is produced by combining cocoa butter and sugar (plus an emulsifier) but no actual cocoa solids.

Cocoa powder is not the same thing as instant cocoa mix . when combined with hot water or milk, instantly produces a mug full of hot cocoa.  This product contains cocoa, sugar, dehydrated milk, and other ingredients. But you would not use it to bake brownies or chocolate cake. And don’t try to make a cup of hot chocolate by simply adding hot water to unsweetened cocoa powder.

For baking, the type of cocoa you use does matter. Its  acidity of the cocoa powder might be the only thing activating the leavening agent in the recipe. If a recipe calls for baking soda, for example, natural cocoa powder works fine. Its acidity in the cocoa activates the baking soda. If a recipe calls for baking powder (or both baking powder and baking soda). Then it probably also calls for Dutch-processed cocoa powder.