Cocoa powder is the cocoa beans taken out from the pods of the cocoa tree, and the cocoa bean fragments (commonly known as cocoa cake) obtained through fermentation, coarse crushing, peeling and other processes, and the powder after the cocoa cake is defatted and crushed, which is cocoa. pink. Cocoa powder is divided into high, medium and low-fat cocoa powder according to the fat content; according to different processing methods, it is divided into natural cocoa powder and alkalized cocoa powder.
Cocoa powder is divided into high-fat cocoa powder, medium-fat cocoa powder, and low-fat cocoa powder according to the content of cocoa butter. In the national standard, the cocoa butter content of high-fat cocoa powder is ≥20.0%, the cocoa butter content of medium-fat cocoa powder is 14.0%-20.0% (excluding 20.0%), and the cocoa butter content of low-fat cocoa powder is 10.0%-14.0% ( excluding 14.0%). The cocoa butter content of high-fat cocoa powder in the industry is 20.0%-24.0%, the cocoa butter content of medium-fat cocoa powder is 10.0%-12.0%, and the cocoa butter content of low-fat cocoa powder is 8%.
Do you know how cocoa powder is made from cocoa beans? The newly collected cocoa beans should be fermented in a constant temperature container of 52 degrees to produce chocolate aroma. The fermentation will last for about 3 to 9 days, and the cocoa beans will gradually turn dark brown during this process. Then it is dried. The fermented cocoa beans still contain a lot of water. In order to facilitate storage and transportation, the excess water in the cocoa beans should be removed. This process also takes 3 to 9 days, and after drying, the unqualified cocoa beans are screened out. Qualified cocoa beans must first be roasted at a high temperature of 121 degrees for 2 hours. After this process, the cocoa beans can emit an attractive chocolate aroma. Then through a series of steps such as peeling, grinding, and oil extraction, cocoa powder can be made. This is our cocoa powder making flow chart. We have professional cocoa powder production line. And there are different yields for you to choose.
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