Chocolate

Basics of Quality Chocolate

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Lesson Goals

What is the difference between a chocolate bar you find in a supermarket and chocolate made by a fine chocolatier? If you don’t know how chocolate is made or processed or how to buy it, you can easily be fooled by marketers.

In this lesson, we will show you where chocolate comes from, how it is processed and what ingredients you should be looking for on product packaging. At the end of this lesson, you will be able to wisely choose the chocolate that is right for you.

At the end of this cooking school lesson, you will be able to:

  • understand where chocolate comes from
  • understand how cocoa beans are manufactured
  • understand what cocoa powder and cocoa butter are
  • understand the chocolate manufacturing process
  • understand how to read packaging labels to determine quality chocolate
  • identify characteristics of quality chocolate

Pre-requisites

None

In partnership with:
Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver