Sevenhills Wholefoods

The farmers harvest the cacao pods from the cacao trees. The pods are broken apart and left until the soft flesh surrounding the bean has fermented and run ...

The raw material is first dried, then cleaned and sorted before being roasted. This process can take up to an hour using temperatures of around 135°C or mor...

The Raw Cacao beans are cold-pressed, broken into nibs, once the Cacao Paste and Cacao Butter have been extracted, the presscake is milled into a fine powde...

This value can vary, but is typically around 200-230mg per 100g.

Our powder is not actually Dutch processed. It hasn’t been alkalized, and comes in a natural form. We believe that keeping our products in their natural for...

Our Cacao powder is roasted, during the production process the Cacao beans are roasted, broken into nibs and milled into a fine powder, before being package...

Raw Cacao tastes slightly more bitter, stronger and richer than Cacao powder that has been roasted.

Sevenhills Wholefoods Organic Raw Cacao Powder tastes slightly more bitter, stronger and richer than Sevenhills Wholefoods Cacao Powder that has been roaste...

Yes, the beans are fermented for flavour development but after they are dried and processed, no other fermentation takes place. The farmers harvest the c...

We do not test for the flavonoid content of our Cacao powder. Our Cacao powder is not alkalised which is a major factor in depleting the flavonoid content.