I have answers to all of your dairy-free chocolate questions. The cacoa bean, from which commercial chocolate is made, is a raw ingredient. Cacao beans grow in pods on cacao trees, which thrive in the shade of hot, humid climates. The raw beans are cleaned, fermented, dried, cleaned again, and then roasted. The cacao nibs are then finely ground into cocoa mass, which is also called cocoa liquor or cocoa solids. When placed under extremely high pressure, cocoa mass separates into cocoa powder and cocoa butter sometimes called cacao butter.
Pure chocolate is then created by combining cocoa solids and cocoa butter via processes called conching, tempering, and finally molding. Fact 1: Cocoa Butter is not Dairy. The name is deceiving, but like other popular plant-based foods i. Rather, it refers to the smooth and creamy texture of the product.
Fact 2: Cocoa Liquor is not Alcohol. It is simply another name for cocoa mass, and does not contain any alcohol. Unlike alcoholic liquor, cocoa liquor is a solid or semi-solid. But cocoa liquor should not be confused with chocolate liqueur, which is a flavored type of alcohol. Photo and source: Lake Champlain Chocolate. Thus far, we are only talking about pure chocolate, which is naturally dairy-free and vegan.
To create dark chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate, sugar is added when the cacao ingredients are processed into chocolate. For milk chocolate, milk powder is also added. Frequently, soy lecithin or sunflower lecithin is also added to chocolate as an emulsifier.
So typical milk chocolate is made with dairy and typical white chocolate is made with dairy. But, there are now many vegan brands of chocolate that use alternate ingredients, like soymilk powder, dairy-free coconut milk powder, cashews, hemp seeds, or oat flour, to make dairy-free milk chocolate and white chocolate. True dark chocolate should remain dairy-free, but many popular brands, including Cadbury and Lindt, add milk-based ingredients to most of their dark chocolate products.
You might spot butter oil, milk fat, milk solids, cream, lactose, whey, or other milky ingredients on the label. If it is in there, it has to be clearly identifiable. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy Legal. Privacy Overview This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible.
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