Quarzo Rosso
Dark Chocolate 70%
Cacao Ecuador & Madagascar
Arancia & Peperoncino Calabrese
Quarzo Rosso
In this bar from the Italian Life Style collection, we wanted to highlight some typical ingredients of the Italian gastronomic tradition. A “string” of 4 gems that recalls the preciousness of these fruits of the earth that are the story of the places and the people who produce them. A symbol of the passion for “good food” and the “better living” typical of Italic DNA. In the Quarzo Rosso bar the taste of the delicious Italian oranges is combined with the best Calabrian chili: the right combination of sweet and spicy, indispensable in life.
Red Quartz
Red Quartz or Red Jasper since ancient times was considered a sacred stone with great metaphysical powers: wearing it gave courage and wisdom. Healers, warriors and women to achieve the desired fertility used it. The Egyptians linked her to Isis, while the Native Americans linked her to Mother Earth. A tenacious stone that gives vitality and strength, the same characteristics found in the places where our ingredients are grown.
Ingredients
70% min. cacao. Organic cacao beans (Madagascar, Ecuador), organic cane sugar, organic cacao butter; Emulsifier: organic sunflower lecithin; organic freeze-dried orange, organic Calabrian chilli pepper, organic sweet orange oil. May contain traces of milk and nuts.
Notes
Discover the energy of a tough soil in this surprising chocolate bar that unites the citrus notes with the frizzy spiciness of Calabria’S best chilli pepper.
Nutritional Value
NUTRITIONAL VALUE FOR 100 g
| Energy | 2373 kJ /567 kcal |
| Fat | 41 g |
| of which saturates fat | 25 g |
| Carbohydrate | 41,5 g |
| of which sugar | 29,5 g |
| Protein | 7,5 g |
| Salt | 0,0 g |
Certification
Organic
Cacao Passport
Country of origin: Madagascar & Ecuador
Region: Sambirano & Esmeraldas
Genetics: Trinitario & Arriba Nacional
Fermentation: wooden boxes
Produced by: Åkesson’s & UOPROCAE
Size
50 g
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Ecuador is the land where the Theobroma Cacao plant was domesticated, and where people have been growing and consuming cacao for almost 5,000 years. Ecuadorian cacao is of Nacional genetics, recognised worldwide as one of the best raw materials due to its rich organoleptic properties.
The prized Trinitario cacao was introduced to Madagascar by French colonialists in the 19th century and is mostly cultivated in the northwest of the country, particularly in the Sambirano valley. The sensory profile of Madagascar’s cacao is characterised by an intense aroma, with notes of red fruits, spices, a pleasant bitterness and hints of citrus.
Orange is useful not only for its antioxidant power but also for stimulating brain activity, as it is known for its balancing and calming power. Sweet, fresh and citrusy, it is a real concentrate of Italian flavour. To obtain 100 ml of cold-pressed essential oil, around 17 kg of orange fruit is needed.
The chilli pepper owes its peculiar hotness to the presence of capsaicin, is rich in provitamin A and vitamin C and has antiseptic, digestive and vasodilatory properties. The Calabrian chilli is considered one of the best in the world. Linked to the origins of chocolate, it was used by ancient American peoples in the preparation of the ritual cacao drink more than 3000 years ago.