Our Special Price $6.70 RRP$6.90
47% cacao + 23% coconut, and coconut sugar.Yum.
This Creamy Coconut Mylk Chocolate is made with Amazonico Criollo, Certified Organic Raw Cacao (47%) from Satipo, Peru, Organic Coconut and sweetened with Organic Evaporated Coconut Nectar.
This is the ultimate creamy raw chocolate experience! Our Creamy Coconut Mylk Chocolate captures the flavour and smoothness of milk chocolate, without using any dairy.
It’s surprising to note that this chocolate bar is the result of only two plants – the coconut palm tree and cacao. Keeping the ingredients simple and close to their natural state is key to the unique quality of our chocolate.
We’ve always believed that Coconut and Cacao is the perfect marriage – the creaminess of the coconut compliments the rich flavours of cacao beautifully.
We’ve played with the subtle balance of this pair to create a new flavour, lighter in cacao content compared to our popular Coconut Mylk Chocolate, one which we could only describe as ‘creamy’!
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Per Serve
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Per 100g
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Energy
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523kj
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2610kj
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Protein
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0.9g
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4.6g
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Fat-total
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10g
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50g
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- saturated
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6.7g
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33.6g
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Carbohydrate-total
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8.6g
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42.8g
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- sugars
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6.3g
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31.6g
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Sodium
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5mg
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24mg
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What is it?
A recipe that is sure to hit all the taste buds - this is the salty sibling of our popular Caramel Chocolate! We have created this bar by blending Raw Cacao Butter, Creamy Raw Cashews, Coconut, Evaporated Coconut Nectar and a pinch of Pink Lake salt.
We chose this salt because it’s sourced in Victoria’s West by Mount Zero and the lake’s traditional owners, the Barengi Gadjin Land Council who work together to harvest this mineral-rich salt.
The Raw Cacao Butter and Raw Cashews used to make this chocolate are Fair Trade Certified. We also support the Criollo community by helping them add as much value as possible to raw materials at the point of origin.
Please Note: During the warmer months our chocolate can sometimes melt in transit. There is an increased chance of this in the case of our Caramel Chocolate since it includes raw cashews and whole coconut flesh, both of which contain healthy oils with a low melting point.
Packaging:
Every Loving Earth chocolate bar comes to you in a plant-based inner wrapper to maximise freshness and extend shelf life. These wrappers are not made of plastic and are compostable.
The boxes which contain our wrapped chocolate bars are made from 80% recycled post-consumer cardboard and are printed with vegetable inks.
Health Benefits:
Raw Cacao Nibs -
Antioxidants
Research has demonstrated that the antioxidants in cacao are highly stable and easily available to human metabolism. In the adjacent table you can see that our Raw Cacao has set the world record for antioxidants when compared to the other top 10 antioxidant foods such as Goji Berries, Acai Berries, and blueberries. The ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) scale was developed by the United States Department of Agriculture to measure the ability of antioxidants to absorb free radicals, which normally cause cell and tissue damage. The higher the ORAC score, the higher the level of antioxidants present in the food.
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ORAC Scores for top 10 Antioxidant foods per 100g
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Loving Earth Raw Cacao Powder*
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98,000
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Raw Cacao Nibs**
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62,100
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3)
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Roasted Cocoa Powder
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26,000
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Loving Earth Raw Dark Chocolate*
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27,900
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Goji Berries**
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25,300
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Acai Berries**
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18,500
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Dark Chocolate
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13,120
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Prunes
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5,770
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Raisins
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2,830
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10)
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Blueberries
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2,400
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Source: US department of Agriculture
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* Tested by Southern Cross University
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** Tested by Brunswick Laboratories, MA, USA
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Magnesium for the Heart and Brain
Raw Cacao is a good source of Magnesium. Magnesium is the most important mineral for a healthy functioning heart. It also plays a key role in producing energy for the neurons in the brain from glucose. So when there is an abundance of magnesium the brain works with clarity and focus.
Evaporated Coconut Nectar -
Our Evaporated Coconut Nectar is unfiltered and preservative free. It has a low on the Glycemic Index (GI) of 35. By comparison, most honeys are GI 55 and cane sugars are GI 68.
The Glycemic Index provides a ranking for carbohydrates according to the extent to which they raise blood sugar levels after eating. Foods with a low GI (less than 40), produce gradual rises in blood sugar and insulin levels, avoiding the sugar “highs” and “lows” that we experience when consuming foods with high GIs.
Evaporated Coconut Nectar also has a nutritional and mineral content that is richer than all other commercially available sweeteners. When compared to brown sugar, Evaporated Coconut Nectar has twice the iron, four times the magnesium and over 10 times the amount of zinc.
Coconut -
The coconut we use at Loving Earth is certified organic and sulphite free. A rich source of lauric acid (antifungal, antimicrobial), coconut is also a rich source of dietary fibre.
Almost half of the Coconut’s fatty acid profile consists of lauric acid. Apart from being associated with anti-microbial, anti-fungal and anti-viral properties, studies have found lauric acid increases good cholesterol in the body.
Growing & Processing:
Cacao -
Satipo is a region that sits at the edge of the Amazon basin at the base of the Andes mountain range. In this area we work with four small producer groups that are grouped under the umbrella association of cacao producers of Satipo that consists of 164 families in total. This Criollo cacao is shade grown under multi-story canopies that include fruit trees such as avocado, mango, coconut and papaya which all lend their distinctive nuances to the fine multi-floral flavor of this exquisite cacao.
There are three main varieties of the cacao plant; the Forastero, Criollo and Trinitario. The cacao beans that we have sourced from Satipo are of the Criollo variety, which are the rarest of the three types of beans and are highly regarded for their delicate and complex flavours.
Processing:
Cacao pods are harvested from the trees and cracked open. The beans are then taken out and fermented. The level of fermentation affects the flavour; we do a low fermentation at approximately 45 °C. At this lower temperature, the structure of the nutrients is preserved.
The main thing that Loving Earth does differently to other chocolate makers is that we don't roast the raw cacao beans before we process them. The standard procedure in the chocolate industry is to roast raw cacao to create cocoa, which has a lower nutritional content. This method also removes some of the antioxidants contained within. At Loving Earth, we wash our raw cacao beans with a citric-based organic disinfectant to remove the microbiological matter, whilst preserving the nutrient and antioxidant properties.
Afterwards, the beans are dried in large commercial dehydrators at controlled temperatures, before being winnowed into nibs, whereby the skin is removed. The nibs are ground and pressed to create the Raw Cacao Powder and Raw Cacao Butter.
This process also yields three other by-products - Raw Cacao Nibs, Raw Cacao Beans and Raw Cacao Liquor.
This highly efficient process allows us to extract the five basic materials we need to create our Loving Earth chocolate, all from a single origin in Peru. By sourcing our cacao products from this one community, we are supporting Satipo’s agricultural industry as well as the development of their indigenous community.
Our Raw Cacao Butter is then combined with Creamy Raw Cashews, Coconut and Evaporated Coconut Nectar to create our delicious Creamy Coconut Mylk Chocolate.
