Fun Facts About Cocoa Fruits - Health Benefits and Components

Cacao juice is sweet to taste and rich in natural antioxidants, electrolytes crucial for proper hydration, and soluble dietary fibre to aid gut health. The antioxidants in live cacao juice also help keep your cells healthy, and the electrolytes, potassium and magnesium help you remain hydrated.

Raw cacao is somewhat different from the common “Cocoa” most of us grew up within our Afghan biscuits.  Cacao (pronounced “cu-COW”) refers to the Theobroma Cacao tree from which Cocoa is derived, and is used when referring to unprocessed versions of the cacao bean.

Normal cocoa powder and chocolate have been chemically processed and roasted, which destroys a large amount of the antioxidants and flavanols (the things that keep you young and healthy).  A recent study suggested that between 60% and 90% of the original antioxidants in cacao are lost through common “Dutch processing”.  Dutch processing was originally developed in the early 19th Century to reduce the bitterness, darken the colour, and create a more mellow flavour to chocolate, but unfortunately also eliminated a bunch of the goodness.

Non-organic cocoa (and non-organic chocolate) has also been treated heavily with toxic pesticides and fumigation chemicals, and may contain genetically modified (GMO) products.

If that wasn’t enough, Oxfam estimates that over 70% of the world’s cocoa is grown by indigenous communities who are paid such a low wage that poverty is widespread. In some instances, child slaves are used, forced to engage in dangerous work such as using machetes and applying toxic pesticides.  Big incentive to reach for a bar of fairly traded chocolate when your next craving hits!

Raw Organic Fairly Traded Cacao in contrast has bountiful benefits, so you can add it to your diet with no guilt, just good old chocolatey deliciousness.

At Palmco Agro Food, we provide all kinds of natural and organic food products. Also, we make sure these agro food products are organically processed without artificial ingredients.

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