unsweetened Cocoa Mass / Cocoa Liquor - RETAIL

Cocoa mass (also called cocoa paste or chocolate liquor)

Cocoa mass is made by grinding roasted cocoa beans into a thick, smooth paste. It’s essentially pure chocolate in its raw, unsweetened form.

How it’s made:

1. Cocoa beans are fermented, dried, and roasted
2. The shells are removed, leaving cocoa nibs
3. The nibs are ground into a liquid paste → cocoa mass

Key characteristics:

• 100% cocoa (no sugar added)
• Bitter, intense chocolate taste
• Solid at room temperature
• Used as a base for making all types of chocolate

How it’s used:

• Mixed with sugar → dark chocolate
• Mixed with sugar + milk → milk chocolate
• Separated into:
• Cocoa powder (after removing fat)
• Cocoa butter (the fat portion)

Simple way to think of it:

Cocoa mass = whole cocoa bean in paste form