Ingredient

Cocoa mass

Roasted cocoa beans ground into a smooth paste. It is the part of chocolate that carries most of the cocoa flavour.

Why is it used?

Used as the flavour and colour base of dark and milk chocolate, and as a carrier for cocoa butter.

What does it add?

Cocoa flavourColourStructure

Things to know

A higher share of cocoa mass gives a more bitter, more intense taste that not every consumer prefers.

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