Certification: Organic & Kosher
Type of Cacao: Wild Java Criollo Trinitario Mix
Country of Origin: Bali, Indonesia

Overview: Why Our Verified Raw (Processed under 120°F) Organic Bali Cacao Powder Is So Special

¨ World’s FIRST Verified RAW Cacao Powder: No one else can prove they have a genuine RAW powder/butter. We traveled to Bali to videotape all phases of production from farm to extraction point and verified process temperatures at each stage for you.

¨ Totally Unique Flavor Profile, Unique Variety: Astringent, Chocolately, Grassy, Fruity hints of vanilla, nutmeg, banana, and clove... Made from Single origin Indonesian organic wild Balinese cacao, descended from the prized Criollo variety. A noticeably RAW tasting product that gives you amazing energy.

¨ Incredible Nutritional Profile: 87,800 ORAC score per 100 grams, (22% fat content)

¨ Most Transparent Cacao: Traceable, transparent supply chain from farm to extraction point ensures purity, RAW status, and social benefits

¨ Beyond Fair Trade: Empowering 3,000+ sustainable organic cacao farmers in Bali with a ground breaking organic, beyond fair trade cooperative facility for value-added processing, increasing farmers’ incomes over 30%!

¨ Beyond Sustainable: Wild-harvested in the truly sustainable, biodiverse food-forests of Bali. The purchase of this product preserves rainforest and protects the soil

¨ Compared to Ecuadorian Cacao: we still guarantee purity, high ORAC value, superior nutrition and flavor in our other cacao products. This cacao powder’s unique RAW status and flavor are ideal for Raw Foodists, but specialty chefs and other connoisseurs will be excited to try this totally unique product as well.

Processing Method:

Other suppliers CLAIM their product is RAW, but only we can verify the temperatures of our process with video evidence. Every single cacao bean used to produce this powder is grown by a cooperative of over 3,000 small farmers in Bali, who wild-harvest cacao pods from their own certified Organic food-forests. Produced with safety in mind at every step, cacao beans from freshly split pods are fermented under control at 40C and then washed in potable water before being solar-dried.

Unlike other “raw” cacao powders made by large processors with high-heat filter presses, our raw cacao nibs are cold-pressed in small batches on proprietary equipment developed specifically for VERIFIED RAW low-temperature processing, under 120°F.

After pressing the butter from the nibs, the concentrated “cake” left behind is low in fat (22%), but not as low as other powders. Why? Because it takes heat to get all the oil out. The cacao cake is cold-milled to a powder and then fine sieved for use as cacao powder. Never touched by high heat, never contaminated by clarifying chemicals or solvents and never force filtered, it retains high levels of nutrients and antioxidants.

Prior to final packing, every lot of cacao is tested at an independent lab for a full microbial analysis. These results are always available for interested customers.

Uses:

This fine-milled, nutrient-rich, Verified Raw <120°F Organic Bali Cacao Powder is perfect in RAW smoothies, hot chocolates, raw desserts and fudges, and manufactured products like energy bars and artisan RAW chocolates.

Verified RAW cacao powder has a distinctive flavor that doesn’t necessarily register as chocolatey as high heat filter pressed processed cacao powders. The flavor profile is green, astringent, pure and fruity. It is noticeably more energizing than a typical cacao powder, so it’s ideal for the Living Foods Community, but specialty chefs and other connoisseurs will be excited to try this totally unique product as well.

Nutritional Value:

¨ Cacao is one of the BEST sources of magnesium of ALL foods. Magnesium balances brain chemistry, builds strong bones, and is associated with more happiness. Cacao is also high in the mineral sulfur; sulfur has traditional been believed to build strong nails, hair, shiny skin, detoxifies the liver, and supports healthy pancreas functioning.

¨ Raw chocolate contains more than 300 known nutrient chemicals, and there are compounds in chocolate that may be associated with the good feeling that raw chocolate consumption provides. Certain chemicals in chocolate may inhibit the natural breakdown of anandamide. This means that natural anandamide (or introduced anandamide) may stick around longer, making us feel good longer, when we eat chocolate.

Why Customers Should Buy ELF Cacao:

¨ If you want a Verified RAW (Processed under 120°F) Cacao Powder for a truly RAW cacao product this is your choice. We are one of only two companies in the USA that carries this product

¨ This is one of the most nutritious and easy-to-use forms of chocolate in existence. One company we’ve sold to uses it in a line of chocolate pastes. Others have added it to energy bars. Some use it in drink mixes. The possibilities are endless. Our clients have sold many tons of this product to people who use it for anything from smoothies to ice cream to chocolate bars and more.

¨ 87,800 ORAC score per 100 grams

¨ We test and share the antioxidant levels of our products and bacteriological levels. It is important to test in the US because cacao often comes from extreme third-world countries where testing procedures and technology are less evolved. Plus, we’ve found that when suppliers test a product in their own country, the result is often suspiciously what they “want.” So these tests have far less credibility.

¨ This product has a flavor that rivals even the finest roasted cocoa powders, without the roasted taste. People love it because it tastes great, is incredibly healthy, is easy to use, and gives them energy for many hours on end.