RAAKA DAY BREAK, FOCUS & ENERGY | FUNCTIONAL DARK CHOCOLATE
Seize the day with Raaka Day Break. This energizing, toasty, 63% dark chocolate is infused with seven adaptogenic herbs and 530mg of mushrooms. It is carefully crafted to jump-start your day! In Raaka Day Break our blend of cordyceps, chaga, yerba mate, moringa, Schisandra, Rhodiola, cinnamon, and transparently traded Ugandan Semuliki Forest cacao all come together to put a little pep in your step. Take a bite and you’ll feel like anything is possible.
CHOCOLATE STARTS WITH A FRUIT
Cacao beans are the seeds of the cacao fruit, harvested and prepared by producers at the origin. Every bean has a flavor profile shaped by the soil and climate it grows in, as well as the care each producer takes in cultivating and processing it. This fruity flavor is often roasted away in favor of that classic chocolatey note. We love this fruit-forward flavor, and we make our chocolate without roasting so you can enjoy it too.
FERMENTATION BRINGS OUT THE FLAVOR
The wet cacao is fermented in wooden boxes covered with banana leaves from four to seven days depending on the origin and the producer. While it’s the pulp that is fermented, and not the cacao seeds themselves, the seeds are subjected to the effects of fermentation like high temperatures and the creation of ethanol and acetic acid, deactivating the germ and developing flavor and aroma precursors. What this means is that it tastes a whole lot better than before.
When you eat chocolate, you’re almost always eating cacao beans that have been through the fermentation process. This is why we don’t refer to our chocolate as raw: reactions during the fermentation process generate heat, bringing the temperature of the pile up to around 120°F. Without this process, cacao won’t properly develop the flavors and aromas that are so vital to the chocolate experience. At Raaka, our focus is on the flavors of the fermentation profile.
Ingredients: Organic Cacao Bean, Organic coconut sugar, Organic Cocao Butter, organic cordyceps mushrooms, organic Chaga mushrooms, organic yerba mate, organic moringa, organic schizandra berry, organic Rhodiola, organic cinnamon.
NUTRITION FACTS
Serving size: 1 bar (28g), 63% CACAO
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 120, Total Fat 9g (13% DV), Sat. Fat 5g (26% DV), Trans Fat 0g, Cholest. 0mg (0% DV), Sodium 11mg (0% DV), Total Carb. 14g (5% DV), Fiber 6g (24% DV), Total Sugars 7g (Incl. 7g Added Sugars, 15% DV), Protein 3g, Vit. D (0% DV), Calcium (3% DV), Iron (1% DV), Potassium (0% DV).