This bar has a texture that borders on, but does not become, gritty. There is a roasted component, akin to burnt sugar, and a buttery, caramel flavor. The aftertaste is short. 6.6
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Ingredients: organic cacao, unrefined organic coconut sugar, organic fair-trade cocoa butter
The label reports that the bar is "vegan | paleo" and lists everything it is not:
- NO palm oil
- NO refined sugar
- NO cane sugar
- NO sugar alcohols
- NO dairy
- NO gluten
- NO emulsifiers
- NO soy lecithin
A
check on what "paleo" is meant to convey shows: "A paleo diet is a dietary plan based on foods similar to what might have
been eaten during the Paleolithic era, which dates from approximately
2.5 million to 10,000 years ago." I wonder whether chocolate was being made 10,000 years ago. 🤔
Wikipedia thinks not.
The sugar element of the bar is derived from coconut, which might account for some of the flavor notes.
This chocolate has a spicy edge to it, a little peppery. Also present is a mild coffee tinge, adding to a bitter undertone. Aftertaste is lengthy with the bitterness. 8.9
This bar has a rich cacao flavor overlaid with caramel and toffee. It has a fairly low bitterness with a clean aftertaste. 8.3
Fairly low bitterness to start, but the aftertaste echoes with a bitter note. Caramel texture and flavor is prominent, with some blueberry richness. 9.1
This bar has a texture that borders on, but does not become, gritty. There is a roasted component, akin to burnt sugar, and a buttery, caramel flavor. The aftertaste is short. 6.6