Hogarth Ecuador Kumara 46% Milk Chocolate Bar with Sweet Potato

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70g Bar

Description

Like Cacao, Kumara originally came from South America, travelling west across the Pacific after being traded through the islands and landing in Aotearoa (New Zealand) with Maori.

In this chocolate, Hogarth has used Kumara crisps from their friends Ned and Mina at Proper Crisps. Proper makes their crisps using seasonally selected varieties, mostly Red Kumara (Owairaka), Gold Kumara (Toka Toka) and Orange Kumara (Beauregard). They have paired the Kumara with Hogarth’s Peruvian criollo cacao which highlights the caramelization of the crisps, adding caramel and fruit notes to a deliciously smooth Kumara Milk Chocolate.

Norandino Cooperative is an association of small producers that contributes to improving the quality of life of its members, contributes to local socio-economic development, and participates in specialty markets with high quality, and value-added products, preserving the environment, promoting the benefits of group behavior and gender equity. Norandino works with 7000 cocoa, coffee and sugar cane producers from the Peruvian mountains in the northeast of Peru.

Criollo cacao is the rarest of the three main varieties (Forestero, Trinitario & Criollo). Due to its susceptibility to disease it is not widely cultivated. The beans are light in color and highly sought after for their delicate fruit and nut flavors.

The Featured Ingredient: Kumara. Kūmara is a good source of dietary fiber and contains a significant amount of potassium (they are one of the highest potassium-containing vegetables). Kūmara is one of the highest carbohydrate containing vegetables so it makes an excellent source of energy. The colored flesh and skin of kūmara supply an array of phytonutrients including phenolic compounds, flavonoids and carotenoids. Red or purple varieties contain anthocyanins (the stuff that makes grape skins red), and those with orange and yellow coloring are rich in beta-carotene. The richer the color, the more phytonutrients are present.

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Cocoa Single Origin

Ingredients

Cocoa solids 46% (cocoa beans, cocoa butter), sugar, proper kumara crisps, skim milk powder, sunflower lecithin

May contain traces of gluten, hazelnut

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