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What's the difference between cacao powder and cocoa powder? Aren't they the same thing?

by ejolto 4y ago

yumraj 4y ago
Cacao powder is powdered raw cacao beans. Cocoa powder is post some processing before it makes into chocolate. One, of many, articles describing the difference: https://www.forbes.com/health/body/cacao-vs-cocoa/ https://www.forbes.com/health/body/cacao-vs-cocoa/
- ejolto 4y ago
  The article you linked talks about cacao being the raw bean and cocoa being the processed powder. It also says you can get cacao from chocolate bars. I don't think there is a difference between cocoa powder and cacao powder. > “Think of cacao, cocoa and chocolate like a pipeline,” says Fazio. “Cacao [fruit] grows from a tree and is raw and unprocessed. It’s the precursor to cocoa, and cocoa is the precursor to chocolate.” > “The taste of cacao is earthy and bitter, and it has a grittier mouthfeel than chocolate,” says Fazio. “Cocoa powder tastes more like chocolate than cacao, but it doesn’t have a creamy mouthfeel either because most of the cocoa butter has been removed.” > Some experts use “cacao” for the pods, beans and ground-up contents of the beans, reserving “cocoa” for the powder left after pressing the fat out of the ground beans (1Trusted Source).
  - yumraj 4y ago
    Cacao powder is the powder of raw beans, before any processing. Cocoa is post processing, in the way to make chocolate. It might be best for you to purchase both and taste. Cocoa tastes like chocolate, Cacao is kinda earthy and bitter. They cannot be substituted for each other in recipes.
    - ejolto 4y ago
      Cacao beans are 54% fat, I don't think you'll get a powder if you just grind them, you'd get some sort of mush. In my country there isn't even a thing called cocoa, it's all cacao with a k, kakao. Kakao beans, kakao powder etc. There is something called cocholate powder which is kakao powder mixed with milk powder and sugar, but I don't think that's what you are talking about. I might buy some raw kakao/cacao beans to see what happens if I crush them.

What's the difference between cacao powder and cocoa powder? Aren't they the same thing?

by ejolto 4y ago

What's the difference between cacao powder and cocoa powder? Aren't they the same thing?

Cacao powder is powdered raw cacao beans. Cocoa powder is post some processing before it makes into chocolate. One, of many, articles describing the difference: https://www.forbes.com/health/body/cacao-vs-cocoa/ https://www.forbes.com/health/body/cacao-vs-cocoa/

ejolto 4y ago
The article you linked talks about cacao being the raw bean and cocoa being the processed powder. It also says you can get cacao from chocolate bars. I don't think there is a difference between cocoa powder and cacao powder. > “Think of cacao, cocoa and chocolate like a pipeline,” says Fazio. “Cacao [fruit] grows from a tree and is raw and unprocessed. It’s the precursor to cocoa, and cocoa is the precursor to chocolate.” > “The taste of cacao is earthy and bitter, and it has a grittier mouthfeel than chocolate,” says Fazio. “Cocoa powder tastes more like chocolate than cacao, but it doesn’t have a creamy mouthfeel either because most of the cocoa butter has been removed.” > Some experts use “cacao” for the pods, beans and ground-up contents of the beans, reserving “cocoa” for the powder left after pressing the fat out of the ground beans (1Trusted Source).
- yumraj 4y ago
  Cacao powder is the powder of raw beans, before any processing. Cocoa is post processing, in the way to make chocolate. It might be best for you to purchase both and taste. Cocoa tastes like chocolate, Cacao is kinda earthy and bitter. They cannot be substituted for each other in recipes.
  - ejolto 4y ago
    Cacao beans are 54% fat, I don't think you'll get a powder if you just grind them, you'd get some sort of mush. In my country there isn't even a thing called cocoa, it's all cacao with a k, kakao. Kakao beans, kakao powder etc. There is something called cocholate powder which is kakao powder mixed with milk powder and sugar, but I don't think that's what you are talking about. I might buy some raw kakao/cacao beans to see what happens if I crush them.