Dark couverture chocolate – Pure origin Côte d’Ivoire
The Acaïou 70% chocolate is a professional dark couverture single origin, produced by Villars in Switzerland from cocoa beans sourced from Côte d’Ivoire. Its flavor profile is powerful, roasted, and slightly bitter, with a nice lingering finish. It is aimed at artisans seeking character, precision, and traceability.
Thanks to its pistole format, it melts quickly and is easy to use in ganache, mousse, molding, or coating.
Main characteristics
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Cocoa: minimum 70%
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Bean origin: Côte d’Ivoire – ECAM Cooperative (Rainforest Alliance)
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Sensory profile: powerful, roasted, bitter, long-lasting
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Applications: mousse, ganache, crémeux, molding, coating, tablet
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Packaging: pistoles in 5 kg cardboard box
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Swiss made – Swissness label
♻️ Ethical & sustainability commitment
Villars works with the ECAM cooperative (Méagui) in Côte d’Ivoire, a member of the Rainforest Alliance, to ensure fair, sustainable, and responsible production. It invests in:
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Fair remuneration for producers (39%),
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Forest preservation and cocoa sustainability (17.7%),
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Training and empowerment of producers (11.5%),
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Improvement of production tools (11%),
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Community projects (20.4%): pumps, school, tutoring, women’s empowerment.
Ingredients
Cocoa mass (Côte d’Ivoire), sugar*, cocoa butter, emulsifier: rapeseed lecithin, natural vanilla flavor.
*Sugar of Swiss origin.
Allergens
May contain traces of:
milk, hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts, pecans, cashews, pistachios, eggs, wheat, barley, soy.
Nutritional values (per 100 g)
The Acaïou 70% chocolate provides 2300 kJ (550 kcal) of energy. It contains 45 g of fat, of which 26 g are saturated fats. It contains 33 g of carbohydrates, of which 28 g are sugars, as well as 6.8 g of protein, 10 g of dietary fiber, and 0.02 g of salt.
Recommended uses
Thanks to its aromatic power and well-balanced structure, Acaïou 70% is perfectly suited for:
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intense ganaches, rich crémeux,
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deep chocolate mousses,
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moldings or coatings with a strong character,
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premium pure origin tablets.
Is this chocolate single origin?
Yes, it is made exclusively from Côte d’Ivoire beans, without blending.
What is its dominant taste?
It offers a powerful, roasted profile with controlled bitterness and a nice lingering finish.
What is the certification?
It is certified Swissness and made in Switzerland with local ingredients.
Is the production fair?
Villars works with the ECAM cooperative (Côte d’Ivoire), committed to sustainable, fair, and traceable production.
In what form is it packaged?
In 5 kg cardboard boxes of pistoles, ideal for dosing and melting.
