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Hachez Orange Bar 77% Cocoa

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As is, Cocoa D'Arriba consists of the best and natural ingredients only; no emulsifier, no artificial Vanillin. Concerning the high ingredient quality and business ethics, these are huge pluses. However, as most reviewers have complained, there is barely any chocolate taste, let alone the fact that it is not rich or fulfilling for that matter. This is most likely due to the fact that Cocoa D'Arriba is ultra-refined (14 microns) to generate a smooth and mellow taste. That is, the chocolate is over-refined, thus very little has remained from the original rich chocolate taste. You can run into the same problem in olive oil industry, where sometimes the oil is ultra-refined during pressing, which brings about the lack of actual olive taste and thus character. Too sad.

Hachez Orange Bar 77% Cocoa is certainly a more successful product in the series, however. The natural orange-oil in it brings about a very mellow yet significant and pleasing orange flavor to this dark chocolate bar. It definitely adds much flavor and gives some character to this over-refined chocolate bar.