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The difference between cocoa and cocoa butter

1. Different uses

Cocoa butter is mainly used to make chocolate in Western pastries, diluting thicker and drier chocolate products, and adding an appropriate amount to chocolate with lower cocoa butter content. The cocoa butter can improve the melting consistency of chocolate, enhance the shiny effect after dipping and demoulding of chocolate, and make the texture delicate.

Cocoa butter is the most stable edible oil known and contains natural antioxidants that prevent deterioration, allowing it to be stored for 2 to 5 years, allowing it to be used for purposes other than food.

Cocoa seeds are the main raw material for making cocoa powder and chocolate candy.

2. Taste

Cocoa fruit can be made into drinks and chocolate candies, which are rich in nutrients, mellow and fragrant.

Pure chocolate with high natural cocoa butter content, pure and rich flavor, soft and smooth in the mouth.

3. Different tastes

Cocoa butter has a unique aroma of cocoa and has a very short plasticity range. Almost all of it is solid below 27°C (it starts to melt at 27.7°C).

Cocoa beans are rich in active ingredients such as polyphenols and flavonoids, which are the main flavor substances that affect the bitterness and astringency of cocoa.

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