Description
100% Organic Cacao Powder Made With The Finest Quality Peruvian Cacao Rich Source of Antioxidants NO fillers, NO binders, NO caking agents, NO flowing agents and NO magnesium stearate! Each handmade vegan-friendly capsule contains 425mg of the finest organic raw cacao powder. Have you been looking for an easy way to consume Cacao every day? Look no further, our 425mg Soil Association organic certified cacao capsules provide a convenient way to take cacao. Made using a capsule shell where the cellulose is derived from wood they are also vegan and vegetarian-friendly. What Is Cacao Powder? Raw cacao powder is made from the ground Theobroma Cacao bean; in fact, the term cocoa is a misspelling of cacao, the Theobroma cacao tree is native to South America and South East Asia - our cacao is sourced from South America, as the quality is better than South East Asian cocoa. The Theobroma tree produces a fruit called cacao pods and within each is up to 60 beans, it's these cacao beans that are micro-milled to produce cacao powder, as well as being consumed raw, cacao beans are also used to make a wide range products, including, of course chocolate! The Antioxidant Levels of Cacao The exact antioxidant profile of cacao depend on where and how it was grown; that's why it's important to buy high-quality cacao from certified organic growers. The scale for measuring antioxidant levels in food is called the ORAC score or Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity and cacao scores very highly way above cranberries and ginger root.