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Chris Bacon
 
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Default Cocoa [How have the mighty fallen? OT.]

Dave Liquorice wrote:
Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
Someone else wrote, but the attributions were munged *YET AGAIN*:
Cocoa powder isn't cocoa solids though.


So what *is* it? Educate me please!


"Cocoa powder" as bought in the shops to make chocolate drinks is a
mixture of dried milk, sugar and a bit of cocoa. The proportions vary
depending on method of making the drink or intended use. Cocoa powder
intended for cooking (cakes, etc) won't have as much dried milk as one
intended for a drink.


Rubbish. I have two containers of cocoa in the cupboard. One
contains "100% cocoa powder", the other ditto, but "organic".