Naturata Hot chocolate organic

Warm and soothing: The delicious composition of lightly de-oiled cocoa and Sucanat whole cane sugar has an intensely chocolatey flavor with a subtle sweetness.

Special features: The hot chocolate contains exclusively fair trade ingredients from controlled organic farming. By avoiding emulsifiers like soy lecithin, it is ensured that no traces of genetically modified organisms enter the product.

Production: Cocoa is derived from the seeds of the evergreen cocoa tree. The pulp of the cocoa fruits contains the white-blue, almond-shaped cocoa beans. The typical flavor compounds of cocoa develop during fermentation and roasting: First, the beans are fermented. They are layered in boxes for several days and ventilated at regular intervals. The sugar content in the fruit pulp leads to a fermentation process, during which the temperature rises to 45-50 °C. This causes the fruit pulp to separate from the beans and drain away. After fermentation, the cocoa beans are sun-dried, cleaned, and then roasted. The fully roasted seeds are crushed and coarsely ground, causing the mass to liquefy. The liquid cocoa mass is then pressed, extracting part of the cocoa butter. This process is done mechanically, and the fat is not extracted with chemical solvents. What remains is the press cake, which is finely ground into cocoa powder. Depending on the remaining cocoa butter content, the cocoa is classified as lightly de-oiled (at least 20% cocoa butter) or strongly de-oiled (at least about 10% cocoa butter). Finally, in the hot chocolate, lightly de-oiled cocoa (40%) is mixed with the finest Sucanat whole cane sugar in organic quality (60%). The delicious, soothing hot beverage is ready.