Raw chocolate-- what is it really?
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" ... trans fatty acids can be "formed by the high temperatures of frying, so you may be making them yourself." High heat can cause the formation of minuscule amounts of trans fatty acids over extended lengths of time. But temperatures for traditional frying (300 to 350 degrees) and relatively short cooking times (5 to 10 minutes) would have a negligible effect on the formation of trans fat in cooking oil.If as the article states, ""Trans fatty acids don't occur naturally, except for small amounts in a few plants such as pomegranates, cabbage and peas ..." we can assume that there are no trans fats in cocoa butter - and an increase of 1% of zero is zero.
"... a recent [nb: the article was published in 2003] study conducted to determine the levels of trans fat isomers formed by heat found that in canola oil heated to 500 degrees for 30 minutes, trans fat levels were increased by only 1 percent. Traditional frying at lower temperatures for shorter lengths of time would produce significantly fewer trans fats."
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Following this logic of prioritising antioxidants, would consuming fresh cocoa bean be superior to raw chocolate? I'm asking because the fermentation process and taking the beans out of the pod, in contact with the atmosphere reasonably has the same effect on the beans as cutting apples. This is not discussion just for discussion sake but would really alter my ideas about what I can do with fresh pods.
@ilya-snowdon
07/04/15 05:47:03AM
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When People say raw chocolate. it would mean they are looking for the health benefits present in the cocoa beans before Roasting.
So in oder to classify it. one could call it raw if the nutritional value hadn't been cooked of in the processing of the chocolate.
A similar food market to compare it with would be nut butters.
Roasted nuts taste so much better, but roasting changes the nut-butter fat.
I make nut butter in my chocolate melanger with a mix of roasted and unroasted nuts
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