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04.10.2022
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Секрет вибору якісного натурального шоколаду

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04.10.2022
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What is chocolate - historical background

The birthplace of chocolate is Latin America. Maya Indians roasted cocoa beans, ground them with corn, poured hot water over the mixture, whipped the drink into foam and added hot pepper to it. At first, Europeans also consumed chocolate "Indian-style" - in the form of a drink, though with cream and sugar. The transformation of chocolate from a drink into the familiar bars and candies took place in the XIX century. Dutch chemist Conrad van Houten invented a press for extracting cocoa butter, the addition of which to hot chocolate made it solid.

Craft chocolate is

Craft chocolate is a product that is made in small batches, often by hand.

Wander uses only the best Belgian chocolate from the Belcolade factory, which is part of the international Puratos group, for its sweets. Our suppliers are very demanding on the quality of cocoa, ensure fair wages for farmers and respect for nature. Wander products are craft sweets, chocolate bars, dragees and candied fruits.

Criteria for choosing chocolate

Chocolate is an ingredient that long-livers of our planet include in their diet. How to choose the chocolate that will give you joy and health? Use our tips and find the most natural chocolate, not a fake.

What should a quality chocolate look like?

  • The right chocolate shines brightly because it was properly heated and then cooled sharply. If the chocolate is handmade, as in Wander, it is cooled on a marble surface.
  • You will unmistakably know the correct, clear "click" when breaking a good chocolate. It is also a sign of the correct temperature regime during its production.
  • Smell. The chocolate bar should have a strong smell of chocolate. If vanilla or other additives prevail, it is hardly good chocolate.

What should be the composition of real chocolate

Good chocolate contains cocoa butter, cocoa mass, sugar, milk powder (if it is a dairy variety), vanilla and emulsifier in the form of soy lecithin are allowed. The rest is from the evil one. For example, real Belgian chocolate, which Wander uses, does not contain cocoa powder, which gives you that unpleasant feeling of sand in your mouth. Good chocolate does not stick to teeth and palate.

How to fake chocolate

To choose high quality chocolate, look at the label. The blackest chocolate is the most difficult to fake - it must have a high cocoa content. The minimum cocoa content in classic milk chocolate is about 35%. If the content of grated cocoa on the label is less, then it contains soy, which imitates chocolate and is much cheaper. Instead of cocoa butter, manufacturers can use other vegetable oils. And to keep all this for a long time, some manufacturers add a huge amount of stabilizers and preservatives.

Shelf life of natural chocolate

Wander chocolate has a short list of ingredients: grated cocoa, cocoa butter, sugar (except for sugar-free bars and candies) and natural vanilla. In order for natural chocolate to delight with its taste, it should be stored no longer than 6 months from the date of manufacture at a temperature of about 18 degrees and relative humidity not exceeding 75%. If we are talking about sweets, then, depending on the filling, under the same conditions, the shelf life will be about 1.5 months.

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2022-10-04T03:00:00+03:00 2023-09-27T16:51:16+03:00 Find out what real chocolate is, what is the difference between craft chocolate, how to distinguish a fake and how to choose quality, natural chocolate.