RAAKA COCONUT MILK MINIS
Raaka Coconut Milk Minis is a vegan 60% dark milk chocolate. It’s proof that we can, sometimes, have it all. It’s a silky, smooth utopian bar that catapults you into peak summer, with lush notes of berries and cream. Raaka Coconut Milk Minis are made with single-origin cacao from Zorzal Cacao, a cacao farm and fermentary located inside a bird sanctuary in the Dominican Republic, and pure shredded coconut. Once referred to by Edible Brooklyn as “an actual dream.”
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 and 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 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 this 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 cane sugar, organic coconut, Organic Cocao Butter
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1 bar (8g) 60% CACAO
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 40, Total Fat 3g (5%DV), Sat. Fat 2g (10% DV), Trans Fat 0g, Cholest. 0mg (0% DV), Sodium 0mg (0% DV), Total Carb. 4g (1% DV), Fiber 1g (4% DV), Total Sugars 2g (Incl. 2g Added Sugars, 4% DV), Protein 1g, Vit. D (0% DV), Calcium (1% DV), Iron (3% DV), Potassium (1% DV).
