Cocoa processed with alkali is typically called "Dutch pressed cocoa". I suspect this means it originally came from the Netherlands; these days cocoa can be Dutch pressed without it actually having to be processed in the Netherlands.
Cacao and cocoa come from the same plant, but they are processed differently. Cacao refers to the raw form of the bean, while cocoa is the roasted and processed form.
a Spanish word from Mexico
Cocoa is extracted from cocoa beans found mainly in Brazil. The substance is used to make chocolate and is found in other foodstuffs.
Africa is the worlds leading producer of this product
cocoa beans
Yes, it does! There are different methods of processing cocoa beans. Sometimes instead of using the whole bean to make chocolate, it's separated into two parts - cocoa butter, and cocoa powder. The processes used to do this are either the 'hydraulic press' method or the 'Broma process'. The edible part of cocoa beans before they're processed is about 55% fat, so the separation usually produces 50% cocoa butter, 50% cocoa powder. Reference: http://www.tava.com.au/product_beans.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa
The word alkali come from the language Arabic
Well, it comes from cocoa from a cocoa tree.
Cocoa Beans
Cocoa beans
No. Pure cocoa is a bean which come from a plant. There's no sugar.
South America/Mexico. It is a native plant to that area.