A lot of people ask us, what is purple corn and how did it end up in a chocolate bar?
Purple corn is an iconic heirloom variety of maize from Peru. We use purple corn extract in this chocolate bar. The extract is the powder left when all the moisture is evaporated out of the pulp of the corn cob - all the purple antioxidants are highly concentrated in the cob of the purple corn. It is the most purple natural product on the planet and therefore loaded with the anthocyanin antioxidants. It has a slightly bitter malty whisky flavour that blends beautifully with the chocolate. When you taste it, the hint of a liqueur flavour that comes through is from the purple corn extract.
We are also often asked, what are activated almonds?
They are raw organic almonds that are soaked for 12 hours to deactivate the enzyme inhibitors in them (raw nuts are hard to digest because of the enzyme inhibitors in them soaking them releases these inhibitors making them much easier to digest). Then we dehydrate them at 40ºC for 24 hours to make them crunchy again (roasting nuts kills a lot of their nutrient value). So essentially activating the nuts allows us to benefit fully from the nutrients they have to offer. The nuts are also much plumper and more satisfying.
Ingredients:
Organic raw cacao butter, Organic raw cacao powder, Organic raw agave syrup (dark), Organic activated almonds, Vanilla beans, Purple corn powder, Himalayan crystal salt
Made with Single Origin, Certified Organic Raw Cacao from Peru - 72% raw cacao. Sweetened with Organic Agave Syrup. Hand-made in Melbourne.
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