What is cocoa powder?

What is cocoa powder?

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesWhat is cocoa powder?

A Guide to Buying Using and Storing Cocoa Powder

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Cocoa powder an unsweetened chocolate product adds a deep chocolate flavor to desserts and beverages. Cocoa powder is created when the fat called cocoa butter is removed from cocoa beans during processing. The remaining dried solids are ground into a product sold as cocoa powder.

Chocolate bar combines cocoa solids and cocoa butter along with sugar and some form of emulsifier such as lecithin to hold the ingredients together. Cocoa powder contains mostly cocoa solids with only about 10 to 15 percent cocoa butter versus the 50 percent or more in chocolate.