Cocoa-derived foods

Food, Plant source foods

Consumption area (s) (countries that consumed more than 0.5 kg of cocoa and cocoa-derived products per person in 2022): Albania 🇦🇱, Algeria 🇩🇿, Andorra 🇦🇩, Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬, Argentina 🇦🇷, Armenia 🇦🇲, Australia 🇦🇺, Austria 🇦🇹, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿, Bahamas 🇧🇸, Bahrain 🇧🇭, Barbados 🇧🇧, Belarus 🇧🇾, Belgium 🇧🇪, Belize 🇧🇿, Bolivia 🇧🇴, Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦, Brazil 🇧🇷, Brunei 🇧🇳, Bulgaria 🇧🇬, Canada 🇨🇦, Chile 🇨🇱, Colombia 🇨🇴, Congo 🇨🇬, Costa Rica 🇨🇷, Croatia 🇭🇷, Cyprus 🇨🇾, Czech Republic 🇨🇿, Denmark 🇩🇰, Djibouti 🇩🇯, Dominica 🇩🇲, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴, Egypt 🇪🇬, El Salvador 🇸🇻, Estonia 🇪🇪, Fiji 🇫🇯, Finland 🇫🇮, France 🇫🇷, Georgia 🇬🇪, Germany 🇩🇪, Greece 🇬🇷, Guatemala 🇬🇹, Guyana 🇬🇾, Hungary 🇭🇺, Iceland , Indonesia 🇮🇩, Iran 🇮🇷, Iraq 🇮🇶, Ireland 🇮🇪, Israel 🇮🇱, Italy 🇮🇹, Ivory Coast 🇨🇮, Jamaica 🇯🇲, Japan 🇯🇵, Jordan 🇯🇴, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, Kuwait 🇰🇼, Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬, Latvia 🇱🇻, Lebanon 🇱🇧, Libya 🇱🇾, Liechtenstein 🇱🇮, Lithuania 🇱🇹, Luxembourg 🇱🇺, Malta 🇲🇹, Marshall Islands 🇲🇭, Morocco 🇲🇦, Mauritius 🇲🇺, Moldova 🇲🇩, Monaco 🇲🇨, Mongolia 🇲🇳, Montenegro 🇲🇪, Namibia 🇳🇦, Nauru 🇳🇷, New Zealand 🇳🇿, Nicaragua 🇳🇮, North Korea 🇰🇵, North Macedonia 🇲🇰, Norway 🇳🇴, Oman 🇴🇲, Paraguay 🇵🇾, Peru 🇵🇪, Philippines 🇵🇭, Portugal 🇵🇹, Qatar 🇶🇦, Romania 🇷🇴, Russia 🇷🇺, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇻🇨, Samoa 🇼🇸, San Marino 🇸🇲, São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Serbia 🇷🇸, Singapore 🇸🇬, Slovakia 🇸🇰, Slovenia 🇸🇮, Solomon Islands 🇸🇧, South Korea 🇰🇷, Spain 🇪🇸, Suriname 🇸🇷, Sweden 🇸🇪, Switzerland 🇨🇭, Thailand 🇹🇭, Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹, Tunisia 🇹🇳, Türkiye 🇹🇷, Turkmenistan 🇹🇲, Ukraine 🇺🇦, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪, United Kingdom 🇬🇧, United States of America 🇺🇸, Uruguay 🇺🇾, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿, Vatican City 🇻🇦, Venezuela 🇻🇪

Introduction

Cocoa-derived foods are among the most widely used ingredients in the food industry, thanks to their ability to enhance preparations with flavour and depth. Available in different forms, they are used across numerous areas of confectionery production, from pastry-making to ice cream, as well as baking and artisan chocolate making.

In everyday use, cocoa is a key ingredient in cakes, biscuits, mousses, creams, ice creams, chocolate bars, and spreads, as well as in refined pralines and chocolate tablets. It is also widely appreciated in beverages, both hot and cold. More unconventional applications can also be found in savory dishes, where it helps create distinctive aromatic contrasts.

Classification of cocoa-derived foods

Cocoa derivatives are divided into:

• Cocoa butter
• Cocoa powder
• Chocolate