Search Results - dark chocolate cocoa powder

1. Flavonoids,powerful antioxidants to prevent cancer and heart disease
September 08, 2017

Flavonoids are powerful antioxidants, and sturdy defenders against heart disease and cancer. See also my article titled: Antioxidants in green leafy vegetables Like carotenoids, flavonoids add color – specifically red, yellow, blue and shades of brown to the foods we eat and drink. Present mostly in apples, celery, cocoa, (dark chocolate), cranberries, grapes, broccoli, endive, onions, green and black teas, and red wines. But experts are beginning to discover that these compounds are doing more. Some flavonoids make the linings of blood vessels more supple, lowering blood pressure and... (read more)

Author: Adrian Joele

2. Cooking with Chocolate Can Add a Unique Depth to Savoury Dishes
November 18, 2016

While most customers think about chocolate as an indulgent ingredient in some of their favourite sweet treats – everything from cakes and brownies to a warming cup of hot cocoa – there is a growing culinary trend for using it in savoury dishes too. Of course, cooking with chocolate is nothing new. In South America, where traditionally they celebrated the health properties of cocoa, people have been using the rich, bitterness of dark chocolate in savoury dishes for hundreds of years. The popular Central American dish mole, which dates back to the sixteenth century, still uses it as a... (read more)

Author: Laura Jeeves

3. 99% Chocolate: An Acquired but Delicious Taste
May 31, 2016

Bitter or dark chocolate has always been popular and a mainstay of chocolate suppliers’ markets. Dark chocolate contains a greater percentage of cocoa solids. The greater the percentage of cocoa solids, the more intense the chocolate taste. In general, bitter chocolate is available as 60% and 72% varieties but the sky’s the limit. Apart from its rich taste, dark chocolate also has extraordinary health benefits and is now considered to a superfood packed with antioxidants and flavonoids - yet another reason why the popularity of this type of chocolate has been on the increase for some tim... (read more)

Author: Laura Jeeves

4. The Saga About Chocolate: Is It Healthy Or Unhealthy?
May 10, 2015

There's a story in everything. Important ones and informative ones, and this is an informative one. Chocolate! Milk chocolate, brown chocolate, white chocolate, dark chocolate - what is the difference? Chocolate is healthy, but when we say chocolate we mean the real stuff, not the brown Freddo the frog type, or that creamy milky one. It has to have certain ingredients including pure organic cocoa. Cocoa beans and cocoa powder are sugar-free, have a high source of magnesium, zinc, iron, calcium, potassium as well as many vitamins and a high level of antioxidants. G... (read more)

Author: Josef Bichler

5. Interesting Facts and Health Benefits of Chocolates
November 18, 2013

We all know chocolate is one of the most favorite flavor all over the world wide. From kids to elder ones everyone loves its flavor. With respect to the main differences between milk and dark chocolate, milk chocolate contains milk or with mainly fats and less amounts of the active ingredient that is widely promoted in dark chocolate. One of most reputed university discovered that cocoa contains more antioxidants - red wine which is three times found in organic green tea. Kitkat Green Tea is new very new flavor containing essence of green tea and chocolate. So order your Kitkat green tea Onlin... (read more)

Author: Japanese Candy

6. Why You should Add Chocolate to Your Eating Routine
November 12, 2013

Including chocolate to your food intake might be not merely a guilty delight. Studies have revealed that dark chocolate may provide protection for the central nervous system, and is one of those food products that could provide healthy aging for everybody. Their naturally-occurring chemicals offer health advantages to our system; likely the most powerful being its cleansing properties. The polyphenols in cocoa, the essential element of chocolate, are found to strengthen levels of good cholesterol while you are lessening bad cholesterol by stopping its oxidation. Other reasons which exp... (read more)

Author: Jim O'Connell

7. Types of Chocolate Candy Bars
November 05, 2013

Chocolate is basically made up of cacao beans. These beans are dried, baked and crushed. The product contains cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, solid fats and sugar. The chocolate candy bars have many types. The chocolate varieties are obtained by the changed quantities of solid fats, sugar, cocoa butter and chocolate liquor. Here is the description of some common Types of Chocolate Candy Bars Dark Chocolates It is made up of sugar chocolate liquor, vanilla cocoa butter and the lecithin. Dark chocolate doesn’t contain milk solids. The content of dark chocolates can range from sweet dark (3... (read more)

Author: North Maxfield

8. Yummy Triple Chocolate Cake Recipe and Tangy Indian Chaat
September 21, 2013

Chocolate has always been an all time favorite with both the young and old. Most desserts have chocolate in them. There are so many ways in which you can enjoy chocolate. Not just that is it proved that dark chocolate has many health benefits. Make your own chocolate cake Here is a simple triple chocolate cake recipe direction: 2 cups all purpose flour; 1 egg; ¼ tsp salt, 2 tsp baking soda; 2/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 ½ sugar; 3/4 cups softened butter; 1 tsp vanilla; ¾ cup sour cream; 1 cup buttermilk. Method: Beat sugar and butter together using a blender. Add egg and vani... (read more)

Author: Jahangir Alam

9. Chocolates - The Best Gifts for Kids for Ever
August 31, 2013

Chocolates are loved by all whether old or small, it fascinates all. Although you can present the box of cocoa sweet anytime or on any occasion to your child but when it comes to Diwali, it is really a special one as it is an occasion of lights on which you can light the little heart of your kid with joy bringing a small smile on his face. Chocolates are loved by all especially the children. It is one of the sweetest pleasures which loved by every tooth for its distinctive taste and texture. These are highly cost effective and are preferred as gifts in most of the occasions and when it co... (read more)

Author: Satya Prakash

10. The Canada Chocolates are the most appreciated category of chocolates worldwide
August 21, 2013

Canada Chocolate is that particular food that has the complete ability to move the heart of a woman in your life. Indeed, the chocolate has been known to release the unique chemicals similar to those created in the passionate interchange. But as I have discovered over the years, not all the chocolate creates the same intoxicating effects for sure. I normally try to eat the chocolate that has around 70% of the cocoa solids. Bittersweet, semi-sweet, or the dark chocolate is my favorite for sure. Today, they were out of the chocolate bars that met my criteria in a major way - so I had to ... (read more)

Author: Russ Murray

11. Michel Cluizel Chocolates- One of the best varieties of the Chocolate
August 21, 2013

Based in the country of France in the south of Normandy and established in the year 1948, Michel Cluizel chocolate remain a family business and are one the largest independent producers of the fine chocolate from the bean to the finished bar which is delicious and highly popular among the chocolate lovers from all across the world. Cluizel have the connections with the cocoa plantations from all across the world, including Sumatra, Venezuela, Ghana, Java, and the Ivory Coast where the most superior quality cocoa is produced. From these, they blend the finest chocolate which is being used... (read more)

Author: Russ Murray

12. The Bernard Castelain Chocolate Brownie Recipe Without Nuts
August 21, 2013

I know I have written about the various chocolate brownie recipes, with everything but the kitchen sink in them, but sometimes chocolaty chocolate brownies, is what you desire for, the rich dark decadent and the intense flavour of the chocolate brownies, without the nuts. This sort of the Chocolaty chocolate brownies can only be very much achieved by a good organic cocoa and also the chocolate. The sort of the Chocolaty chocolate brownies that severely intensify in the flavour if you leave them in a tin for just a day or two. At least I suspect that they would if they were left in the ti... (read more)

Author: Russ Murray

13. The Bensdorp cocoa is high in demand all over the globe
August 21, 2013

The Bensdorp cocoa powder to many is just the sweet dark stuff that particularly yields a milky drink on a very cold winter evening but to the various big bakers and the chocolatiers, it actually means something that is entirely different. The true cocoa is indeed made directly from the various cacao beans and also lacks the sugary sweet additives that we love so much in our winter time beverages. What exactly is cocoa powder? Well in the huge chocolate marketplace, it is what results when the cacao goes through the entire cocoa pressing process. When a cacao bean is completely pressed... (read more)

Author: Russ Murray

14. Is it easy to make chocolates at home ??? of course
August 12, 2013

Now it time to make a really good impression among your friends and your family by making the best chocolates for them that they have never tasted in there life. The very buttery chocolaty yummy creamy tasty chocolates at HOME!! But if you want to have it just now then go and grab it from the nearest store. Umm no. sit .why to go to the store if you can make it at HOME!! Right ??? Chocolates and its types??? Best hot dark chocolate: A little bit of cocoa butter vanilla sugar and cocoa liquor. Mix it thoroughly in the perfect proportion and have your own chocolate, the best mout... (read more)

Author: Janella Cullinane

15. Is it easy to make chocolates at home ??? of course
August 09, 2013

Now it time to make a really good impression among your friends and your family by making the best chocolates for them that they have never tasted in there life. The very buttery chocolaty yummy creamy tasty chocolates at HOME!! But if you want to have it just now then go and grab it from the nearest store. Umm no. sit .why to go to the store if you can make it at HOME!! Right ??? Chocolates and its types??? Best hot dark chocolate: A little bit of cocoa butter vanilla sugar and cocoa liquor. Mix it thoroughly in the perfect proportion and have your own chocolate, the best mout... (read more)

Author: Everette Shon

16. Natural and Dutch Cocoa Powder- The prominent differences between the two varieties
July 21, 2013

There are two major types of the unsweetened cocoa used in the various chocolate recipes: natural cocoa powder and Dutch cocoa powder. The natural Cocoa is made from the ground roasted cocoa nibs from which most of the cocoa butter have been particularly extracted. It is naturally acidic with a pH of about 5.4 and is beige in color. The Dutch cocoa powder is further treated with an alkalizing agent in order to neutralize its overall acidity and bring the pH to about 7 and has a particularly rich, dark brown color. Most of the American cocoas are indeed very natural in form and most o... (read more)

Author: Russ Murray

17. Dark Chocolates are uniquely tasty and healthy at the same time
June 17, 2013

What very effectively boosts your immune system and lowers the blood pressure, is the high in free-radical-fighting antioxidants which combats depression, and even works as a cavity fighter? This is nothing other than the great dark chocolate cocoa powder!!! Dark chocolate cocoa powder has immense amount of antioxidant activity. According to the MD chocolate researcher, Dr. Sue Williams of Baylor University Medical Centre, (who makes and sells her own fabulous chocolate) dark chocolate cocoa powder has 510 milligrams of the flavanols, per 100 grams than the following well-known antioxidant fo... (read more)

Author: Russ Murray

18. Easy Hot Chocolate Recipes that can be a treat to the taste buds
June 17, 2013

Several delicious foods are the most desirable in our lives as food constitute a major place in our lives. Others bring back the childhood memories which are highly treasured by millions across the globe. Some warm up their body and also bring their soul along for the ride as well. Some of the very delicious foods can even accomplish all three in the most effective manner. For instance, there is nothing like a hearty bowl of the hot soup to make an illness seem to just melt away in no time. Not only are they healthy to eat, there is just something very emotionally soothing about indulging in... (read more)

Author: Russ Murray

19. Tips for Purchasing Sugar Free Dark Chocolate
June 11, 2013

Cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolates is rich in antioxidant flavonoids known as flavanols. The more cocoa content in chocolates, the healthier they are. There are thousands of varieties of chocolates and the main difference being the flavor, ingredients and the source of ingredients. If you are very particular about your diet and concerned what you eat, then you should know that not all sugar free chocolates are healthy. There are exotic ones, expensive ones and cheap ones. However, the key is to buy those made of good quality and natural ingredients, after this you may consider the flavor... (read more)

Author: Coco Polo

20. The Unique Floral Aroma of Ecuadorian Cocoa Products
May 30, 2013

Entering the gourmet and specialty store we feel overwhelmed with so many different chocolates we can choose from: hearts, bars, single origin, milk, dark, and what not. But what makes a good chocolate “good”, or let's say, unique? For once, if we search among the basic ingredients of chocolate, namely cocoa, we find that very few origins have the recognition of being a fine aromatic cocoa, and the Ecuadorian Arriba bean is one of them. As many wrongly label it as a Criollo, Ecuadorian Arriba or National bean is actually a Forastero bean. It is grown in Ecuador, traditionally in small f... (read more)

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21. Chocolates and thier benefits
May 30, 2013

online food ordering Business which providing food from your favorite restaurant likesubway bahrain ">Chocolate sorts and their Advantages: Chocolate is an item inferred from cocoa. Chocolate is of different tastes and characters which is structured by diverse amounts of diverse fixings. There are different sorts of chocolates: 1.dark chocolate: Dull chocolate is framed by blending sugar and bloated to cocoa. Milk is not included dim chocolate. Semi chocolate is could be sweet, unsweetened, ambivalent or semi sweet. It holds high amount of cocoa. It is best use in cooking in... (read more)

Author: bilal bhatti

22. Premium cocoa powder and dark chocolates are the craze among the chocolate lovers
May 12, 2013

This blend of the premium cocoa powder certainly gives your recipes, the superior texture of a very natural cocoa, plus a very rich chocolate flavour & the nice colour of the finest European Dutched cocoa, making it truly the “Best of Both Worlds” for all the recipes that you prepare in your home. Saco Premium Cocoa Can is purchased at Meijer in Indiana. The premium dark chocolate cocoa powder is also very readily available in the other parts of the world as well. There are certain differences on the premium cocoa powder which are very clearly visible. The natural cocoa powder has indeed a ve... (read more)

Author: Russ Murray

23. Compose chocolate with excellent quality of constituents
April 17, 2013

It is hard to believe but the fact is true that chocolates have proved themselves as the best constituent for healthy consumption. Chocolates are found in various styles, forms and flavors. Now days many people have started liking more of Dark Chocolate in comparison to white chocolate. There are certain benefits of consuming Dark chocolate cocoa powder. Insulin levels can be treated well if a person consume substantial amount of dark chocolate in a day. Although dark chocolate is made from dark chocolate cocoa powder and inhabit bitter taste but still when it comes for health this helps... (read more)

Author: Russ Murray

24. Premium cocoa powder and dark chocolates are of ultimate craze in the vast global chocolate market
March 19, 2013

This blend of the cocoas certainly gives your recipes, the superior texture of a natural cocoa, plus a very rich chocolate flavour & the nice colour of the finest European Dutched cocoa, making it truly the “Best of Both Worlds” for all the recipes that you prepare. Saco Premium Cocoa Can is purchased at Meijer in Indiana. The premium dark chocolate cocoa powder is also very readily available in the other parts of the world as well. There are certain differences on the premium cocoa powder which are clearly visible. The natural cocoa powder has a very light colour and is naturally acidi... (read more)

Author: Russ Murray

25. Easy Hot Chocolate Recipes can be really delicious
March 18, 2013

Many of the delicious foods bring you the ultimate comfort of course. Others bring back the childhood memories which are highly treasured by most of us. Some warm up your body and bring your soul along for the ride as well. Some of the foods can even accomplish all three in the most effective manner. For instance, there is nothing like a hearty bowl of the delicious hot soup to make an illness seem to just melt away. Not only are they healthy to eat, there is just something emotionally soothing about indulging in a bowl of soup when you are ill. In that same vein, the chocolate always ha... (read more)

Author: Russ Murray