FiE Preview: Cocoa powder range

At Food ingredients Europe, ADM Cocoa will highlight new additions to its deZaan cocoa powder range, including deZaan D11SQ and D-00-ZR.

The deZaan D11SQ is an intensely flavoured, dark red-brown cocoa powder that confers a unique, rich cocoa flavour in low dosages. It is designed for use in a wide range of applications, including fine bakery wares, beverages, desserts and ice creams.

D-00-ZR, meanwhile, is a reduced-fat cocoa powder with only 0.5% fat. It is able to provide the desired depth of chocolate flavour to products that are formulated to be lower in calories or very low in total fat content.

ADM Cocoa will also be showcasing its range of Unicao pure origin cocoa masses. Ivory Coast Cocoa Mass is made from 100% Côte d’Ivoire bean cocoa mass, with low, medium and high roast varieties for use in premium chocolate products. The cocoa masses are available in a number of different flavour combinations, and can be tailored to suit a wide range of products. Visitors to the company’s stand will also be able to sample the Ghana Cocoa Mass, produced using 100% Ghana cocoa beans.

With a focus on sustainability, experts from ADM Cocoa will be at the stand to review its commitment to ensuring a sustainable cocoa crop. The company has put in place a variety of programmes to ensure that the crops it sources are responsibly produced. For example, ADM Cocoa’s flagship SERAP programme (Socially and Environmentally Responsible Agricultural Practices) has distributed more than $20m (£12.4m) in funding to cocoa grower cooperatives and their members since it was established in 2005.

In addition, ADM Cocoa offers chocolate, cocoa powder, cocoa butter and cocoa mass with UTZ, Rainforest Alliance, Fair Trade, Fair Trade (USA), and Cocoa Practices certifications, which are audited by third party accredited auditors. Visitors will also be able to learn more about ADM’s decision to source segregated palm oil for its European cocoa and chocolate manufacturing facilities.