Verified Raw Indonesian Cacao Powder, Organic (14 oz.) - Case of 6 by Essential Living Foods
World’s FIRST Verified RAW Cacao Powder: No one else can prove they have a genuine RAW powder/butter. We traveled to Bali to videotape all phases of production from farm to extraction point and verified process temperatures at each stage for you.
Totally Unique Flavor Profile, Unique Variety: Astringent, Chocolately, Grassy, Fruity hints of vanilla, nutmeg, banana, and clove... Made from Single origin Indonesian organic wild Balinese cacao, descended from the prized Criollo variety. A noticeably RAW tasting product that gives you amazing energy.
Incredible Nutritional Profile: 87,800 ORAC score per 100 grams, (22% fat content)
Most Transparent Cacao: Traceable, transparent supply chain from farm to extraction point ensures purity, RAW status, and social benefits.
Beyond Fair Trade: Empowering 3,000+ sustainable organic cacao farmers in Bali with a ground breaking organic, beyond fair trade cooperative facility for value-added processing, increasing farmers’ incomes over 30%!
Beyond Sustainable: Wild-harvested in the truly sustainable, biodiverse food-forests of Bali. The purchase of this product preserves rainforest and protects the soil.
Compared to Ecuadorian Cacao: we still guarantee purity, high ORAC value, superior nutrition and flavor in our other cacao products. This cacao powder’s unique RAW status and flavor are ideal for Raw Foodists, but specialty chefs and other connoisseurs will be excited to try this totally unique product as well.
Processing Method:
Unlike other “raw” cacao powders made by large processors with high-heat filter presses, our raw cacao nibs are cold-pressed in small batches on proprietary equipment developed specifically for VERIFIED RAW low-temperature processing, under 120°F.
After pressing the butter from the nibs, the concentrated “cake” left behind is low in fat (22%), but not as low as other powders. Why? Because it takes heat to get all the oil out. The cacao cake is cold-milled to a powder and then fine sieved for use as cacao powder. Never touched by high heat, never contaminated by clarifying chemicals or solvents and never force filtered, it retains high levels of nutrients and antioxidants.
Prior to final packing, every lot of cacao is tested at an independent lab for a full microbial analysis. These results are always available for interested customers.
Uses:
This fine-milled, nutrient-rich, Verified Raw <120°F Organic Bali Cacao Powder is perfect in RAW smoothies, hot chocolates, raw desserts and fudges, and manufactured products like energy bars and artisan RAW chocolates.
Verified RAW cacao powder has a distinctive flavor that doesn’t necessarily register as chocolatey as high heat filter pressed processed cacao powders. The flavor profile is green, astringent, pure and fruity. It is noticeably more energizing than a typical cacao powder, so it’s ideal for the Living Foods Community, but specialty chefs and other connoisseurs will be excited to try this totally unique product as well.
Nutritional Value:
Cacao is one of the BEST sources of magnesium of ALL foods. Magnesium balances brain chemistry, builds strong bones, and is associated with more happiness. Cacao is also high in the mineral sulfur; sulfur has traditional been believed to build strong nails, hair, shiny skin, detoxifies the liver, and supports healthy pancreas functioning.
Raw chocolate contains more than 300 known nutrient chemicals, and there are compounds in chocolate that may be associated with the good feeling that raw chocolate consumption provides. Certain chemicals in chocolate may inhibit the natural breakdown of anandamide. This means that natural anandamide (or introduced anandamide) may stick around longer, making us feel good longer, when we eat chocolate.
Essential Living Foods believes in a “farm to table” model of sustainable business, where small farmers are supported by fair prices, the earth’s ecology is protected by organic, sustainable farming techniques, generous donations from the sales of the products goes back to source communities, consumers benefit from our great tasting, healthy foods, and our employees and partners have a rewarding, values-driven place to work and earn a living.
Our commitment to sustainability extends to everything we do – from how we travel, what we purchase, how we package our foods, and how we built our office. Our social impact work includes carbon offsets, our eco-friendly office, running our office on solar power, our fair trade practices and generous donation program, and 100% bio-degradable product packaging.
