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Compound chocolate is a product made from a combination of cocoa, vegetable fat and sweeteners. It is used as a lower-cost alternative to pure chocolate , as it uses less-expensive hard vegetable fats such as coconut oil or palm kernel oil in place of the more expensive cocoa butter . [ 1 ]
Cocoa butter, also called theobroma oil, is a pale-yellow, edible fat extracted from the cocoa bean (Theobroma cacao). It is used to make chocolate, as well as some ointments, toiletries, and pharmaceuticals. [2] Cocoa butter has a cocoa flavor and aroma. Its melting point is slightly below human body temperature.
It is ivory in color when raw and commonly dyed yellow with borututu root or palm oil. It is widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer or lotion. It is edible and is used in food preparation in some African countries. [3] It is occasionally mixed with other oils as a substitute for cocoa butter, although the taste is noticeably different. [4] [5]
Cocoa-free chocolate alternatives come in many varieties, including milk, vegan, white and dark chocolate.The first innovator that introduced cocoa-free chocolate into the market was German company Planet A Foods, followed by UK-based Win-Win, Finnish-player Fazer and US-based company Voyage Foods.
J.H. Whittaker & Sons, Ltd (Whittaker's) is a New Zealand confectionery manufacturer specialising in palm oil-free [1] chocolate, based in Porirua. Whittaker's is the largest chocolate brand in New Zealand. [2] Approximately 30% of their production is now exported. [3]
E471 is mainly produced from vegetable oils (such as soybean, grapeseed, canola, sunflower, cottonseed, coconut, and palm oil) and plant pomace such as grape pomace or tomato pomace [5]), although animal fats are sometimes used and cannot be completely excluded as being present in the product. [6]
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The company places importance on traceability, and also removes or substitutes ingredients that are generally unsustainable or unhealthy. For example, the company uses coconut oil instead of palm oil in its products. The products are all organic certified and non-gmo verified. [citation needed]