Nutritional composition from pure cocoa powder

Cacao tree

The cocoa tree (Latin name Theobroma) has been dubbed the "food of the gods" in the Americas, and this is also the place where cocoa trees were first grown.

In Latin, cocoa is called Theobroma, meaning "food of the gods"   (Artwork)

Cocoa is considered a "superfood" because it contains a huge amount of essential nutrients, very few side effects and good health benefits proven to the human body. Cocoa trees grow in the Amazon region, the Orinoco river basin, Ghana, the Philippines, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Ecuador, Togo and a few Caribbean islands.

Cocoa beans are surrounded by a white powder film (Artwork)

Cocoa trees grow from 5m to 8m in height and produce fruit within four years after planting.

Inside each fruit contains a lot of small cocoa beans and seeds covered by a thin layer of white powder. Cocoa beans are extracted and made into cocoa butter used to make cosmetics, ointments and pharmaceutical products.

Inside each cocoa pod contains cocoa beans. These nuts are used to make chocolate after they are dried, fermented and processed. There are 3 types of cocoa beans used to make chocolates. Each type varies from fragrance to flavor. These are: Criollo, Forastero and Trinitario.

Cocoa butter (Artwork)

All cocoa products such as pure cocoa powder are thought to be effective in treating a variety of health-related diseases such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, liver, and eagle disorders. Optical and kidney, asthma, diarrhea, preventing wrinkles, pregnancy stretch marks and more.

Crushed cocoa beans and raw cocoa beans provide the best health benefits. Because after they are processed into chocolate some of the nutrients will be lost. Cocoa can be eaten raw, or made into pure cocoa powder or made into tea and also used as ingredients in different foods.

Nutritional value of cocoa
Cocoa beans are full of antioxidants, fats, carbohydrates, proteins, polyphenols exactly like nutrition from cocoa flavanoids, so they have antioxidants, minerals like calcium, magnesium, sulfur, copper, iron. , zinc and potassium, oleic acid is a monounsaturated fat necessary for cardiovascular health, fiber and vitamins E, B2, B1, B5, B3 and B9.

* Flavonoids have the effect of protecting the body, preventing atherosclerosis, vascular accident, aging, liver degeneration, radiation damage.

Nutritional composition from cocoa beans (This is the nutritional value of 3.75gr organic cocoa)

In addition, raw cocoa beans also contain a small amount of vitamins A and C. The maximum nutrients have been found in raw cocoa beans before being processed.

In a hierarchy of nutritional value of cocoa: raw cocoa before processing stands first, followed by organic cocoa powder (unroasted). Next is dark chocolate containing very high levels of pure cocoa powder and finally cocoa powder containing refined sugar.

Dark chocolate (Artwork)