description Raaka 100% Cacao Overview
Raaka 100% Cacao is a Finnish bean-to-bar chocolate maker that sources cacao beans directly from farms in Ecuador and Peru, roasting them on-site to create intensely flavored dark chocolates without added sugar or vanilla.
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Is Raaka a Finnish chocolate maker?
Raaka is a Brooklyn-based bean-to-bar chocolate maker with a factory in Red Hook, not a Finnish company. Its name is associated with unroasted dark chocolate made in Brooklyn. [Raaka](https://www.raakachocolate.com/pages/our-story-process)
Does Raaka 100% Cacao contain sugar?
The product page lists organic cacao beans and organic cacao butter as ingredients and shows 0 grams of total sugar and 0 grams of added sugar per 25 gram serving. It is therefore intensely bitter and not sweetened like conventional dark chocolate. [Raaka 100% Cacao](https://www.raakachocolate.com/products/100-cacao?variant=31425662681175)
Is Raaka 100% Cacao made with roasted beans?
Raaka makes this style of chocolate without roasting the cacao beans, which preserves brighter and fruitier notes. The beans are still fermented, and Raaka describes fermentation as lasting around four to seven days.
Where does the cacao in Raaka 100% Cacao come from?
The current product page lists Kokoa Kamili in Tanzania as the origin for this bar. Raaka uses single-origin sourcing, so the origin and flavor profile are part of the product's identity.
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