Fine Raw White Veg
Cacao Single Farm Ecuador
& Mandolat di Toritto 72 ½
72,5% FINE RAW WHITE VEG
Our White Raw Veg bar is the result of the union of Raw Nacional cacao butter of the “Hacienda El Pechichal”, Guayas – Ecuador, which keeps intact the “Complejo Nacional” of Ecuadorian cacao, and of “Mandorla di Toritto”, fruit of the native cultivar “Filippo Cea”, grown, gathered and transformed into an alternative to milk within an uncontaminated and protected environment: the Alta Murgia National Park.
History
In creating this bar we challenged ourselves to make something tasty which everyone would love, and which represents the best confectionery tradition of Southern Italy. First we chose a precious single origin cacao butter of El Pechichal. This Hacienda is in the Guayas area of Ecuador and it maintains all the complex flavour of the native Ecuadorian Nacional Cacao. We added Mandolat, an alternative to milk created in an area of Puglia at the La Fattoria della Mandorla . This was set up in 1989 by Dino and Isabella. Their dream was to create a project based on values linked to the area and to the environment, in order to help to construct a better world, promoting the wellbeing of all and doing justice to a typical, traditional product of the area: the Toritto Almond, cultivar “Filippo Cea“. 20.000 native almond trees have been planted and are being cultivated organically and the short channeling system of the Alta Murgia National Park has been created. Between 2000 and 2002 a plant for direct transformation of the almonds was constructed. In 2004 the Toritto Almond became part of the Arca del Gusto (Ark of Taste), receiving Slow Food certification. In the same year the Region of Puglia declared it a “typical and traditional product”.
Ingredients
48% min. Cacao. Organic raw cacao butter, organic cane sugar, organic almond peeled (24,5%), organic candied orange (organic orange peel, organic sugar, organic glucose syrup) (10%), organic shelled almond (10%), organic coconut sugar, organic Madagascar Bourbon vanilla, Bali salt. May contain traces of other nuts.
Notes
Two products which create a White Raw Vegan single origin chocolate with a pleasing initial sensation of alcohol, and floral and nut notes. It combines perfectly with the Italian candied orange peel and the best Toritto almonds to re-evoke the typical sweet specialities of Southern Italy.
Nutritional Value
NUTRITIONAL VALUE FOR 100 g
| Energy | 3063 kJ / 730 kcal |
| Fat | 56 g |
| of which saturates | 32 g |
| Carbohydrate | 38 g |
| of which suga | 37 g |
| Protein | 14 g |
| Salt | 0,1 g |
Certification
Organic
Cacao Passport
Country of origin: Ecuador
Region: Guayas
Genetics: Arriba Nacional
Fermentation: wooden boxes
Produced by: Single Farm Pechichal
Size
50 g
Photo
Photo Giovanna Gori ©
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The almond tree has been present in Mediterranean countries since ancient times. It arrived in Italy thanks to the Phoenicians and almonds were mainly used for the preparation of sweets and for the oil which, from the Middle Ages onwards, was sometimes used instead of the more expensive olive oil. In traditional medieval and Renaissance iconography, the almond often surrounds Christ or the Virgin Mary, signifying that the divine nature is contained within the human one. Toritto Mandorla (almond), Filippo Cea cultivar almond trees (in horticulture cultivar refers to a variety of a botanical species), follow the principles of organic agriculture, creating the short channelling system in the Alta Murgia National Park. In our search for ingredients which have their own particular history and identity, we have decided to use these almonds in one of our bars as a homage to Southern Italy and its people.