What does 10–12% mean on Guittard cocoa powder?
For Guittard cocoa powders, 10–12% indicates the cocoa-butter content by weight of the finished cocoa powder. Guittard categorizes cocoa powder in this range as medium-fat cocoa powder.
What does the fat percentage in heavy cream refer to?
Under the U.S. standard, the fat percentage of heavy cream refers to the cream product’s milkfat content, and heavy cream contains at least 36% milkfat.
What does the fat percentage in cocoa powder refer to?
Guittard describes cocoa powder as being made by pressing unsweetened chocolate to remove part of its cocoa butter, leaving cocoa butter and cocoa solids. In this context, it therefore follows that a cocoa-powder fat percentage refers to the cocoa butter retained in that cocoa powder product.
What does 22–24% mean on Guittard cocoa powder?
For Guittard cocoa powders, 22–24% indicates the cocoa-butter content by weight of the finished cocoa powder. Guittard describes high-fat cocoa as containing no less than 22% cocoa fat by weight and lists its 22–24% powders as high-fat products.
Which Guittard cocoa powders contain 10–12% or 22–24% cocoa butter?
Guittard’s product list identifies Alto, Ebony, Perfection, and Dark cocoa powders as containing 10–12% cocoa butter, and High Fat Cocoa, Old Dutch, Rich Dutched, Cocoa Rouge, Jersey, and Organic Natural cocoa powders as containing 22–24% cocoa butter. Each range applies to the named cocoa powder or SKU, not to chocolate percentage or baker’s percentages.