Creative Nature Cacao Powder is made by taking raw Cacao beans and cold-pressing the oil out. Once the oil has been separated, a cake like substance remains. This is then finely filtered to create premium grade powder.
The powdering process is undertaken in a controlled environment ensuring the temperature remains low, therefore maintaining the nutritional potency. When processed in this way, the incredible raw Cacao Powder produced contains more antioxidants than any other known food.
The ORAC test (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) is a measure of how effective a food might be at reducing the effects of harmful free radicals (responsible for disease and the aging process).
Creative Nature Raw Cacao Powder has an ORAC value 400% higher than the very best versions of the standard roasted cacao powder and 40 times the ORAC value of raw Blueberries (Cacao powder measures 95,500 on the ORAC scale as opposed to a 2,400 score for Blueberries).
Cacao contains over 300 identifiable chemical compounds, making it the most complex food substance on earth. Cacao has an abundance of natural anti-stress and bliss inducing compounds.
Arginine found in Cacao Powder is an amino acid and along with its aphrodisiac properties can also be used by body builders to build muscle and aid recovery.
The anti stress and bliss inducing compounds enable Cacao Powder to be used as a natural form of Prozac.
Magnesium which is found in abundance in Cacao Powder increases overall vigour of the heart muscle and decreases blood coagulation which lowers blood pressure and helps the heart pump more effectively.
Cacao powder's high antioxidant content enables destructive free radicals to be stabilised which would otherwise be left to damage cells and tissues, responsible for signs of aging. Cacao Powder is delicious and extremely versatile enabling the individual to create smoothies, shakes, cakes, sweets and many more creative delights.
When mixed with anything with a natural sweetness (ie bananas) the chocolaty flavour is released. Your imagination is the only limitation when using this product however as with all foods cooking destroys the nutritional benefits considerably.
Also please note that mixing cacao with dairy (as with traditional chocolate) actually inhibits the bodies ability to absorb the healing properties of Cacao.
We therefore recommend if you are making hot chocolates, smoothies or shakes to blend Cacao Powder with non-dairy products.