🧠 What is it?

ORION Dutch-process cocoa 100 g is an alkalised cocoa powder (known as Dutch-process cocoa) intended primarily for traditional baking — dark and richly flavoured desserts, cakes, pound cakes and tarts. This treatment of the cocoa powder reduces its natural acidity and gives it a milder flavour and darker colour, which you’ll recognise from classic cocoa-based desserts.

🌿 Key features

✔️ Alkalised cocoa powder (Dutch-processed) – treated with acidity regulators, which increases its solubility and gives it a darker colour and a milder flavour.
✔️ Reduced-fat cocoa powder (~93 %) – approx. 10 % cocoa butter, which is standard for baking cocoa.
✔️ 100 g pack – a handy amount for home baking.
✔️ Versatile use in both classic and traditional recipes – suitable for pound cakes, tarts, cakes and other leavened and no-bake desserts.

🧾 Ingredients and allergens

• Ingredients: reduced-fat cocoa powder, acidity regulators (e.g. potassium carbonates and potassium hydroxide) – the exact composition may be listed on the packaging.
⚠️ Allergens: may contain traces of soya due to production conditions.

📊 Nutritional values (approximate per 100 g)

(approximate values typical of ORION Dutch cocoa)
• Energy: ~339 kcal / 1412 kJ
• Fat: ~10–11 g (of which saturated fat ~6.2 g)
• Carbohydrates: ~21 g (of which sugars ~1–2 g)
• Fibre: ~30 g
• Protein: ~25–26 g
• Salt: ~0.05 g
(Nutritional information may vary slightly depending on the batch and manufacturer.)

🍫 How and where to use

➡️ Baking: Ideal for pound cakes, tarts, gingerbread or chocolate cakes – when baked with baking powder, it helps create a darker, richer-tasting batter.
➡️ Desserts and creams: Stir into chocolate creams, mousses, custards or icings for an intense cocoa flavour.
➡️ Drinks: You can also use it in hot chocolate if you want a darker cocoa aroma.

💡 Tip: Dutch-processed cocoa works best in recipes that use standard baking powder — it’s specially processed to suit this type of acidity.

🧊 Storage

• Store in a dry place at room temperature, away from direct sunlight and moisture.
• Once opened, reseal the packet to prevent the cocoa from becoming damp and losing its aroma.

📌 Summary in one sentence

🍰 ORION Dutch-process alkalised cocoa 100 g is a dark, alkalised cocoa powder with a delicate flavour and intense colour, ideal for traditional baking of sponge cakes, tarts and chocolate desserts.