Selefina Spices: Cacao Powder, High Fat (20-22%) (1.5 oz Pouch), Unsweetened

From the brand

Who is Selefina?

Selefina is the new spice venture of the well loved online tea shop: Adagio Teas. After decades providing customers quality tea, Selefina was created to leverage Adagio’s sourcing know-how to bring customers high-quality, low cost spices.

What makes Selefina special?

We source our spices globally and we mill most all of our ground spices ourselves. Our spices are fresher than the jars that have lingered on grocery store shelves.

What does Selefina offer?

We have high quality seasonings like Fleur de Sel and French Grey salts from Brittany, France and fresh cardamom from Guatemala.

Selefina Specialty Spices

Cacao Powder

Higher fat cacao means a cacao powder that is richer, and will yield bakes that are more moist.

Enhanced Chocolate Flavor

UPC ‏ : ‎ 817909017127
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Selefina
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CG9ZWJSM
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA

HIGH FAT (20-22%) VS REGULAR (10-12%): Higher fat cacao means more cocoa butter is retained in the powder. Cocoa butter is a valuable extraction that can be sold on its own, so it is common to remove the most allowed to meet the industry standard of 10%. By leaving in roughly double the amount of cocoa butter the cacao powder is richer, and will yield bakes that are more moist.
USAGE: Used in baked goods to create chocolate flavor and chocolate brown color. When used in baking to supplement other chocolates in the recipe it will further enhance the chocolate flavor giving it more depth and complexity.
WHY HIGH FAT: The producer can choose how much fat to leave in their powder. High fat powder contains around 20-24% cocoa butter, and is usually more expensively priced than the 10% cocoa fat counterparts (FDA requires a 10% minimum for powder). Higher fat will yield a richer chocolate flavor and more moist baked goods. It will also be less soluble in cold liquids due to its fat content.
CACAO VS COCOA: Cacao and cocoa are used so often interchangeably that even vendors disregard any technical differences when naming products. ‘Cacao’ has traditionally referred to ingredients not processed using heat. ‘Cocoa’ powder has either been heated or has had ingredients added to transform it into a ready-mix cocoa for drinks or both.
UNSWEETENED: Our cacao powder has no added ingredients or sweeteners.
PRODUCTION: Although cacao powder is derived from cacao nibs, grinding cacao nibs will not immediately yield this powder. The composition of the nibs is approximately half fat—in the form we call cocoa butter—so grinding nibs will instead yield a liquor. (Incidentally, is the base for making chocolate bars and treats.) To obtain powder this liquor is further processed, usually by using industrial devices such as hydraulic presses in order to separate out the fat.