Cocoa powder is made from cocoa beans after roasting, crushing, shelling, and defatting to make cocoa cake. It is brown powder with a slight bitter taste and strong aroma.
According to the degree of degreasing, it can be divided into high-fat cocoa powder, and low-fat cocoa powder. It is usually used in the production of chocolate, beverages and desserts.
It contains a variety of amino acids, minerals, vitamins, high-calorie fats and alkaloids with a variety of biologically active functions.