Did you know that cocoa beans are processed to provide two main products?
The first one is cocoa solids or (cocoa liquor) (even though it has no alcohol content). Cocoa solids are used to make cocoa powder which has all the flavor of chocolate and contains caffeine, (extremely less caffeine than coffee).
The second one is cocoa butter, this is fat taken from the bean, mainly made up of triglycerides ( fat) . Just for the record caffeine is NOT a triglyceride, but a dissimular chemical class called a methylxanthine. There is NO caffeine in cocoa butter. White chocolate, which is made from cocoa butter without the dark cocoa solids, therefore contains NO caffeine, either.
God Bless, Simone!
The first one is cocoa solids or (cocoa liquor) (even though it has no alcohol content). Cocoa solids are used to make cocoa powder which has all the flavor of chocolate and contains caffeine, (extremely less caffeine than coffee).
The second one is cocoa butter, this is fat taken from the bean, mainly made up of triglycerides ( fat) . Just for the record caffeine is NOT a triglyceride, but a dissimular chemical class called a methylxanthine. There is NO caffeine in cocoa butter. White chocolate, which is made from cocoa butter without the dark cocoa solids, therefore contains NO caffeine, either.
God Bless, Simone!
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