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Gianduja, tiramisu, Modica — all need cocoa

Turin invented gianduja, Sicily keeps its ancient Modica chocolate, and every café dusts tiramisu with cocoa. BV Cocoa Products ships Cameroon cocoa to Italian makers.

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Eleven cocoa words every buyer in Italy should know — each explained in one line, then told as a story.

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Cocoa

In plain wordsCocoa is the processed product of the cacao bean — fermented, dried, roasted and ground to make chocolate, cocoa powder and cocoa butter.

In Turin in the early 1800s, cocoa was scarce and expensive — so chocolatiers stretched it with local hazelnuts. The result, gianduja, became one of Italy’s most beloved flavors.

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Cocoa beans

In plain wordsCocoa beans are the fermented, dried seeds of the cacao tree — the raw material of all chocolate.

Italian craft makers seek beans with personality. Cameroon beans deliver bold flavor and reddish color.

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Cocoa powder

In plain wordsCocoa powder is the ground cocoa solids left after most of the cocoa butter has been pressed out.

The last step of every tiramisu is a snowfall of cocoa powder. Italian pastry needs fine, dark, reliable powder.

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Cocoa nibs

In plain wordsCocoa nibs are small pieces of roasted cocoa bean with the shell removed.

Italian gelaterias and pastry chefs use nibs in gelato, biscotti and panettone.

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Cocoa husk

In plain wordsCocoa husk is the thin outer skin around each cocoa bean, removed after roasting (the word is also used for the pod’s outer husk).

Italy’s farms use cocoa husk as compost and fiber.

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Cocoa shell

In plain wordsCocoa shell is the papery shell separated from roasted beans during winnowing, sold as a by-product for mulch, feed, fuel, fiber and tea.

Cocoa shell is used in feed, mulch and fuel across Italy.

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Cocoa butter

In plain wordsCocoa butter is the natural fat pressed from cocoa liquor; it is solid at room temperature and melts near body temperature.

Cocoa butter gives Italian pralines and bars their melt and features in Italian cosmetics.

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Cocoa liquor

In plain wordsCocoa liquor is roasted cocoa nibs ground into a smooth, liquid paste — despite the name, it contains no alcohol.

Liquor is the base of gianduja — blended with hazelnut paste and sugar.

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Cocoa mass

In plain wordsCocoa mass is the same ground-nib paste as cocoa liquor, set into solid blocks; it is the base of all chocolate.

Sicily’s Modica chocolate is made by working cocoa mass with sugar at low heat, keeping the sugar crystals crunchy.

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Cocoa cake

In plain wordsCocoa cake is the hard, pressed disc of cocoa solids left after cocoa butter is extracted; it is milled into cocoa powder.

Pressed cocoa cake is milled into powder for Italian bakeries.

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Cocoa plant

In plain wordsThe cocoa plant (Theobroma cacao) is a small tropical tree that grows its pods directly on its trunk and branches.

Italy grows no cacao — its chocolate traditions depend on tropical origins like Cameroon.

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