Cocoa Mojo is made from pure, organic cocoa and sweetened naturally. We use Rapadura -a natural unprocessed sweetener. It is an organic sugarcane from Brazil. Rapadura is made by juicing the sugar cane and allowing the water to evaporate. Then the crystals that are left behind are ground into a sweet natural powder. This and the natural cocoa powder is what makes our Cocoa Mojo so naturally sweet and delicious. You can mix it with milk or powdered milk. For a real treat mix it with several tablespoons of our coconut milk Powder!
We don’t Dutch our Cocoa
Commercial chocolates are “dutched.” This involves soaking the nib or the cocoa mass in potassium or sodium carbonate. Do you want to be drinking cocoa that has been soaked in chemicals first? Most commercial hot chocolates also remove the flavanols like epicatechin from their cocoa because they tend to have a bitter taste. Then they add processed sugar, preservatives and other fillers often reducing the actual cocoa content to less than 15%. So essentially you are just drinking hot sugar with artificial flavors. No wonder chocolate has gotten such a bad rap!
Cocoa can help reduce cholesterol. A Penn State-led study has found that a diet high in flavonoid-rich cocoa powder and dark chocolate had favorable effects on LDL. ("bad" cholesterol) Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton, of Penn State noted in a recent study that
"The incorporation of dark chocolate and cocoa powder into the diet is one means of effectively increasing antioxidant intake.Furthermore, the inclusion of dark chocolate and cocoa powder in a diet that is rich in other food sources of antioxidants, such as fruit, vegetables, tea and wine, results in a high antioxidant intake and may consequently reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease."
Cocoa Mojo is also Brain food!
Eating chocolate could help to sharpen up the mind and give a short-term boost to cognitive skills. A study led by Professor Ian Macdonald, professor of metabolic physiology at The University of Nottingham, found that consumption of a cocoa drink rich in flavanols -a key ingredient of dark chocolate- boosts blood flow to key areas of the brain for two to three hours. The results of his MRI studies also suggests that the flavanols found in cocoa could be useful in boosting brain function for people fighting fatigue, sleep deprivation and even the effects of ageing.
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