Cacao Powder Kraft Bag Certified Organic 250g

Add rich cacao flavour to smoothies, milkshakes, coffee, desserts and baking with this certified organic raw cacao powder. It comes in a 250g kraft bag, giving you a versatile pantry ingredient for everyday recipes.

The powder is made from raw cacao nibs and processed at temperatures below 40°C. This keeps it classified as a raw food and preserves heat-sensitive vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. The blend combines cacao powder from Peru and West Africa.

• Raw cacao: Use it when you want a less processed alternative to regular cocoa powder.
• Recipe-ready: Stir it into smoothies, make hot chocolate, sprinkle it over coffee or ice cream, or mix it into cookie and muffin batter.
• Nutritional profile: Cacao naturally provides protein, omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, zinc, iron, copper, sulphur, potassium and magnesium.
• Antioxidant score: The powder has an ORAC score of 95,500.

Keep the bag ready for breakfast smoothies, afternoon baking or a simple cacao drink. Its deep chocolate flavour also works well in dessert recipes that call for regular cocoa powder.

Most cocoa powder is processed via the "Dutch method" meaning heat extracted (up to 150°C!), sometimes with solvents, thus destroying most of the nutrients and antioxidants and potentially contaminating the end product. Cacao Power products have an antioxidant (ORAC) score of 95,500. To put that into perspective, that's 14 times more antioxidant flavonoids than red wine, 21 times more than green tea, and 7 times more than even dark chocolate!

Cacao (pronounced ka-kow) beans are the seeds of an Amazonian fruiting tree and source of all chocolate and cocoa products. Pulverising our raw Nibs separates them into creamy Cacao Butter and beautiful rich, raw Cacao Powder. As the temperature is never allowed to exceed 40°C, the powder is considered a ‘raw' food with all heat-sensitive vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants remaining intact, thereby maximising digestion and absorption. In fact, our blend of Peruvian and West African powder has over 360% MORE antioxidants than regular cocoa!!

Suggested Uses: Add to smoothies or milkshakes, make hot chocolate, sprinkle on coffee or icecream, add to cookie or muffin batter, or substitute for regular cocoa powder in dessert recipes.

Nutritional Benefits:

The Mexican Mayan kings drank up to 30 pure chocolate drinks a day to maintain their vigour and valued the bean so highly that it was used as money. Raw Cacao products are a source of beta-carotene, amino acids (protein), Omega-3 EFA's, calcium, zinc, iron, copper, sulphur, potassium, and one of the best food sources of muscle relaxing, stress relieving magnesium – now you know why women crave chocolate every month!

1. Will it keep me awake at night?

Depends – some people say it helps them sleep, some say it makes them more alert – we're all so unique!

2. How much caffeine does cacao have?

All natural products vary, but it is generally considered to have about 1% caffeine (as compared to tea at 4% and coffee which can be more than 10%!!)

3. So why do I feel so good eating cacao?

Cacao has other naturally occurring phytochemicals like theobromine (considered an aphrodisiac), phenylethylamine (PEA – released when we fall in love), and anandamide (the ‘bliss' chemical).