Trinitario: One of three or four recognized varieties of cacao, Trinitario is a hybrid of the flavorful Criollo and hardy Forastero.Prized for their fragrance and delicate and complex flavor, criollos are "flavor beans" which account for less than 1% of the world's cacao. Criollo: Considered the rarest and most prized of the three or four recognized varieties of cacao, Criollo is native to either northern South America and or Mesoamerica.Chocolate manufacturers value Forasteros for basic robust chocolate flavor. Today it is grown around the globe and accounts for over 90% percent of the world's cacao. Forastero: The hardiest and most productive of the three or four cacao varieties, Forastero is believed to have originated in the Amazon basin.The term "cacao" refers to the tree and its fruit and the seeds (otherwise known as cocoa beans) inside the fruit, which are processed to make chocolate. Bittersweet and semi-sweet both fall under this definition however, bittersweet is often the term used for chocolate with a minimum of 50% chocolate liquor.Ĭacao - The defining ingredient in all chocolate and chocolate products. Hold different kinds of chocolates to the nose and you'll quickly see that each has an individual and distinctive aroma.īittersweet Chocolate - Dark chocolate that contains a minimum of 35% chocolate liquor and less than 12% milk solids. See Cocoa Powder.Īroma - The variety of scents given off by individual chocolate. We achieved a 100% traceable and externally verified cocoa bean supply chain by 2020.Īlkalized or Dutch Processed Cocoa Powder - Cocoa powder that has been chemically treated (usually with potassium carbonate) to reduce acidity.Our own sustainability program, the Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program, is in place in all countries we source cocoa beans from.Ghirardelli uses fine flavor cocoa beans (Criollo and Trinitario) from Ecuador, Madagascar, Dominican Republic and Papua New Guinea.
It is mainly farmed in Latin America and the Caribbean. Fine flavor cocoa is a high-quality cocoa with nuanced, fine aroma. The remaining 5-10% of worldwide cocoa harvests are fine flavor cocoa.Ghirardelli uses Forastero beans (consumer cocoa), exclusively from Ghana. It accounts for the largest share (90-95%) of total global cocoa production and is farmed mainly in West Africa. Consumer cocoa is cocoa with a robust flavor. A fundamental distinction is made between consumer and fine flavor cocoa.Knowing which of the many different origins of cocoa beans will best contribute to the distinctive taste of a product is a skill that we have perfected over time. Cocoa beans are the heart of our chocolates.Ghirardelli Sweet Ground Chocolate and Cocoa and Ghirardelli Unsweetened Baking Chocolate: For every 1 ounce of Ghirardelli Unsweetened Baking Chocolate, use 6 level tablespoons of Sweet Ground Chocolate and Cocoa add 1 tablespoon extra of butter, margarine, or vegetable shorting than called for in the recipe and decrease the amount of sugar the recipe calls for by 3 level tablespoons.
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