Cocoa powder, Storage : Store In A Cool, Dry Place

Cocoa powder, also called cocoa solids, is a light brown powder made from a mixture of substances after cocoa butter is extracted from cocoa beans. Natural cocoa powder is light brown and has a ph level of 5.3 to 5.8. The alkalization process to darken the cocoa powder is made by increasing the ph level from 5.3 to 8.1, this process will make cocoa powder range from light brown to nearly black. During the alkalization process the bitterness would also be decreased.
Premium alkalized
10-12fat content %
99.3-99.9fineness %
1.75 maxshell content %
5000 maxtotal plate count (g)
5moisture %
50 (max)mould (g)
50 (max)yeast (g)
6.8-7.2ph %
premium natural
10-12fat content %
99.3-99.9fineness %
1.75 maxshell content %
5000 maxtotal plate count (g)
5moisture %
50 (max)mould (g)
50 (max)yeast (g)
5.0-6.0ph %
standard alkalized
10-12fat content %
97.08 fineness %
1.2 maxshell content %
800 maxtotal plate count (g)
3.46moisture %
1.92lead%
6.8-7.2ph %
0.09cadmium %
standard natural
10-12fat content %
98.08-99.9fineness %
1.2 maxshell content %
1000 maxtotal plate count (g)
4.3moisture %
50 (max)mould (g)
50 (max)yeast (g)
4.8-5.3ph %