100% Hickory Smoked, 50 g
Product detailed description
A 100% chocolate that tastes of woodsmoke and umami rather than sweetness. Naive makes it from Ecuadorian Nacional cacao, gently smoked over hickory wood before it is processed, and the recipe holds nothing but cocoa and cocoa butter. No sugar, no sweeteners, no emulsifier.
Smoking does to cacao what it does to meat or cheese: it gets under the surface and pulls out what is already there. Hickory brings warmth, a smoky trail and a note of leather, while the Nacional beans hold their fruit line underneath. The bar came out of a collaboration between Naive and Adam Raw, and it is aimed at people who like 100% bars and look for the differences between them.
Two or three squares alongside an espresso will see you through an evening, because 100% cacao is not something you eat by the handful. It also works in the kitchen, where a little grated into a sauce or a chilli adds depth that ordinary cocoa cannot reach.
Key benefits
- 100% cocoa solids – cocoa and cocoa butter, nothing else
- Smoked over hickory – the smoke goes into the beans before processing, not into the finished bar
- Nacional cacao from Ecuador – an aromatic variety that can carry heavy smoke
- No sugar – no sugar and no replacement sweetener in the bar
- No emulsifier – no lecithin, no added flavourings, no preservatives
- Bean to bar – Naive takes the beans from dried seed to finished bar in its own Lithuanian workshop
How to enjoy it
Break off a small piece and let it melt slowly on the tongue rather than chewing it, as a 100% bar needs a moment to open up. It tastes best at room temperature.
Ingredients
Selected Nacional cocoa smoked over hickory wood, cocoa butter. Cocoa solids 100%. Country of origin of the cacao: Ecuador. Made in Lithuania.
| Nutrition | per 100 g |
|---|---|
| Energy | 2116 kJ / 503 kcal |
| Fat | 45.6 g |
| of which saturates | 24.7 g |
| Carbohydrate | 22.8 g |
| of which sugars | 0 g |
| Protein | 10 g |
| Salt | 44 mg |
Important information
May contain traces of nuts and peanuts. Store in a cool, dry place away from direct light. The best before date is printed on the pack.
Distributor
Manufacturer: Chocolate Naive, Lithuania.
Distributor: Adam Raw, Metylovice 552, 739 49 Metylovice, Czech Republic, Reg. No. 03452824.
Additional parameters
| Category: | Chocolate & Bars |
|---|---|
| EAN: | 4779031531741 |
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