Heirloom Raw Cacao Paste (100% Pure Cacao Mass) - Criollo

Description

Raw premium Criollo cacao bean nibs (pieces of peeled low fermented cacao beans) are tempered into these smooth chunks of cacao. They are unroasted and unsweetened and ready to use in your recipes. A quick and easy way to make chocolate. Our cacao paste comes from Esmeraldas in Ecuador. Esmeraldas is located right in the middle of the equatorial line, in one of the most biodiverse countries on earth: Ecuador. The land is very fertile, allowing farmers to grow numerous kinds of plants, which in turn give back to the soil and influence the flavor of our cacao with an environmentally sustainable approach. Grown within shaded and wild plantations, our cacao absorbs unique profiles, making the bean so much more complex. For generations, the small farmers of Esmeraldas, have been in love with cacao. The social enterprise formed is composed of over 800 small farmers all over Esmeraldas, covering over 1000 hectares of land of cacao. By avoiding pesticides and other chemicals, they help preserve the health of our land, their families and of you, the consumer. Our Cacao paste is a quality aromatic genetically " pure" bean grown on small farms or farms or farmers usually grouped in cooperatives who choose to plant less productive but more valuable varieties of cacao. It represents 1% of world production and therefore the price farmers receive is higher. Chocolate with a fine aroma and notes of roses and fruit trees. More on Cacao: Cocoa and Chocolate in Human Health and Disease - PMC Health benefits of cocoa - PubMed The Health Effects of Chocolate and Cocoa: A Systematic Review - PMC Cacao and Heart Health: Cardiovascular Benefits of Dark Chocolate? - PubMed Cocoa and Heart Health: A Historical Review of the Science - PMC Chocolate, “Food of the Gods”: History, Science, and Human Health - PMC Cacao's Sensorial Properties: Fine Cocoa Fermentation with Selected Lactic Acid Bacteria: Fermentation Performance and Impact on Chocolate Composition and Sensory Properties - PMC Optimizing consumer acceptability of 100% chocolate through roasting treatments and effects on bitterness and other important sensory characteristics - PMC Antioxidants: Antioxidant Activity and Multi-Elemental Analysis of Dark Chocolate - PMC Cacao and Neurology: Impact of Coffee and Cacao Purine Metabolites on Neuroplasticity and Neurodegenerative Disease - PubMed Biotechnology: Cacao biotechnology: current status and future prospects - PubMed Cacao and Mood: Consumption of 85% cocoa dark chocolate improves mood in association with gut microbial changes in healthy adults: a randomized controlled trial - PubMed Ingredients: Raw Organic Cacao Paste Net Weight: 8 oz, 16 oz, 2.5lb Origin: Ecuador