Clarified butter is made from butter that has had its water, milk protein, and milk sugar removed. It is also known as boiled or purified butter. To make clarified butter, butter is melted with hot steam at 40 to 50°C...  read on

Cocoa beans are the seeds of cocoa fruit. Cocoa butter and cocoa mass, which are essential parts of chocolate production, are made from them. It is only by roasting cocoa beans...  read on

Cocoa butter is the fat in cocoa bean seeds. It is found in the seeds' leaves and is usually extracted by means of pressing. It is a particularly consistent and...  read on

Cocoa fruit is generally described as a pod. In botanical terms, however, it is a dry berry. It is short-stemmed, 15 to 30cm long, and 7 to 10cm thick...  read on

Cocoa mass is a semi-finished product. It is made from cocoa beans that have been cleaned, roasted, peeled, and ground. Finely ground cocoa mass is a basic product for chocolate and cocoa butter production...  read on

Cocoa powder is used in various ways nowadays. Its range of application possibilities is broad: from food decoration to chocolate-like fat glazes...  read on

The Latin term for the cocoa tree is Theobroma Cacao L(inné). Translated, this means, “food for the gods”. A declaration of love by known cocoa lover and Swedish natural scientist, Carl von Linné, who gave...  read on

Prussian diplomat, George Hesekiel, is quoted to have said, “Chocolate, the turkey, and the pineapple are three things for which anyone who eats, really...  read on

CocoHeal is another name for N-phenylpropenoyl-L-amino acids. This a health-promoting substance that was first isolated in cocoa in 2005. It can stimulate growth of the skin cells...  read on

This light coconut delicacy is made by grating the firm, white flesh of fresh coconuts and drying it. The coconut flakes used in RITTER SPORT Coconut come from Indonesia...  read on