Put merely – Cacao Powder is likely one of the most advanced meals on Earth.
It’s thought that the phrase ‘chocolate’ has advanced from the Aztec phrase, ‘xocoatl’, which is the identify of a bitter drink brewed from cacao beans (and typically combined with chilli), the edible a part of the pods grown on cacao bushes. Cacao was regarded so extremely by the Mayans and Aztecs they referred to as it the ‘meals of the Gods’ and infrequently used it as a type of foreign money.
Inventive Nature Cacao Powder is natural, and comes from the Criollo (highest high quality) beans. It’s a lovely brown, superfood powder that’s just like the processed cocoa powder you might have in your cabinet, (solely more healthy) and can be utilized in the identical approach.
The distinction between uncooked cacao powder vs cocoa powder is, as a result of cacao powder is minimally processed, the well being advantages are larger. Industrial cocoa powders may need added sugars, sweeteners, milk powders or flavours too.
Our superfood cacao powder is filled with antioxidants, nutritional vitamins and minerals to make your physique really feel wonderful. Make a scorching chocolate with this and you may argue it’s a wholesome deal with. This product can be licensed as kosher.
By selecting darkish chocolate and unsweetened cacao merchandise like our nibs, you’ll be able to decrease well being dangers linked to consuming an excessive amount of sugar, together with weight acquire.
Cacao powder advantages embody it being excessive in iron, magnesium, zinc and copper in addition to the beforehand talked about antioxidants. These assist to guard the physique from outdoors air pollution. The antioxidants assist take in free radicals and scale back cell ageing, injury and stress. In addition to all of these issues, it’s a sensible supply of fibre and wholesome fat.
This month is Natural September – a month lengthy marketing campaign to lift the attention of natural merchandise and types.
We’ve got a variety of Inventive Nature natural and vegan baking mixes which sit alongside our superfoods like our Cacao powder and nibs. We even have an amazingly tasty, nut-free chocolate cake.
The next baking mixes are all natural and vegan recipes.
· Chia and cacao choc chip
· Banana bread
· Natural chia mulberry muffin
· Chai & cacao choc chip muffin
We even have a snack bar that makes use of cacao powder and nibs – the Oh Wow Cacao Choc Oatie Bar. All the time helpful to have if you find yourself out and about and want a snack that’s vegan, gluten free, dairy free, nut free and Kosher.
Our superfood natural merchandise embody:
· Barley Grass
· Cacao powder
· Cacao nibs
· Maca powder
· Shelled hemp seeds
· Hemp protein powder
You’ll be able to sprinkle Cacao powder over porridge, muesli, granola or different cereals. It’s good when used to make a heat nut free chocolate drink, changing your much less wholesome cocoa powder. Throughout these ever-hotter Summers, you can too make chocolate ice-cream – we also have a recipe on our web site.
Our natural maca powder is totally nut free however has a nutty, butterscotch style so mixes effectively with the cacao powder or cacao nibs, added to uncooked meals, akin to smoothies. Berry Maca Smoothie is one other recipe that makes use of our natural superfood.
When you use uncooked cacao powder or uncooked cacao nibs, a number of the antioxidants will likely be destroyed by warmth when you bake with them. However utilized in smoothies, or sprinkled in porridge is an effective way to make use of them, and in addition good for making raw desserts, and even protein snack balls.
