Cocoa-free chocolate alternative

Cocoa-free chocolate alternatives are a type of food that imitates chocolate but does not contain cocoa.

Products with less cocoa were made during World War II because cocoa was less common and cost more money.  This has happened again in recent years because of shortages, deforestation and other problems, but now cocoa alternatives are being made.Cocoa beans are in short supply: what this means for farmers, businesses and chocolate lovers. Retrieved 12th April 2024

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There are imitations of many types of chocolate, including white, milk and dark chocolate. Many of these replace cocoa with carob, and some use sunflower and oat seeds or other ingredients.  Some of the first companies to make cocoa-free chocolate alternatives are Planet A Foods (German), Win-Win (British), Fazer (Finnish) and Voyage Foods (American). Many countries do not allow these to be named as chocolate because there is not enough cocoa mass. 

 How it is made 
Cocoa-free chocolate alternatives are made in a slightly different way to chocolate.Christine Hall: Planet A Foods whips up more capital to take its cocoa-free chocolate global. In: TechCrunch. 1st February 2024, retrieved 12th April 2024. Oats and sunflower seeds are processed in a similar way to cocoa beans and then ground in several steps to get an aromatic concentrate. The concentrate is then mixed with sugar, plant-based fats and other ingredients.Using plant-based fermentation to recreate the flavour of chocolate. Retrieved 12th April 2024.

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Category:Chocolate