Raaka 100% Cacao Chocolate
Raaka 100% Cacao Chocolate Bar uses unroasted beans and no added sugar.
Forget everything you think about 100% bars. This Raaka 100% Cacao Chocolate Bar is creamy, bright, and bitter, with a tingling fruity bite. That is thanks to incredible beans produced by the folks at Kokoa Kamili in Tanzania. This bar is just cacao, no sugar, and literally nothing else.
Raaka makes unroasted dark chocolate from scratch. We use traceable, high-quality, and transparently traded single-origin cacao, crafted into something uncommonly delicious.
CHOCOLATE STARTS WITH A FRUIT.
Cacao beans are the seeds of the cacao fruit, harvested and prepared by producers at the origin. Every bean has a flavor profile shaped by the soil and climate it grows in, as well as the care each producer takes in cultivating and processing it. This fruity flavor is often roasted away in favor of that classic chocolatey note. We love this fruit-forward flavor, and we make our chocolate without roasting so you can enjoy it too.
FERMENTATION BRINGS OUT THE FLAVOR
The wet cacao is fermented in wooden boxes covered with banana leaves for four to seven days depending on the origin and the producer. While it’s the pulp that is fermented, and not the cacao seeds themselves, the seeds are subjected to the effects of fermentation like high temperatures and the creation of ethanol and acetic acid, deactivating the germ and developing flavor and aroma precursors. What this means is that it tastes a whole lot better than before.
When you eat chocolate, you’re almost always eating cacao beans that have been through the fermentation process. This is why we don’t refer to our chocolate as raw: reactions during the fermentation process generate heat, bringing the temperature of the pile up to around 120°F. Without this process, cacao won’t properly develop the flavors and aromas that are so vital to the chocolate experience. At Raaka, our focus is on the flavors of the fermentation profile.
Ingredients: Organic Cacao Bean, Organic Cocao Butter
Size: 1.8 oz
Serving Size: 1/2 Bar
