Dark couverture chocolate – Pure origin Côte d’Ivoire
The Acaïou 70% chocolate is a professional dark couverture single origin, made by Villars in Switzerland from cocoa beans sourced from Côte d’Ivoire. Its flavor profile is powerful, roasted, and slightly bitter, with a nice 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 features
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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: 5 kg cardboard pistoles
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Swiss manufacturing – Swissness label
♻️ Ethical commitment & sustainability
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 of producers (39%),
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Forest preservation and cocoa sustainability (17,7 %),
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Training and autonomy of producers (11,5 %),
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Improvement of production tools (11 %),
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Community projects (20.4%): pumps, college, tutoring, women’s empowerment.
Ingredients
Cocoa mass (Ivory Coast), 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)
Acaïou 70% chocolate provides 2300 kJ (550 kcal) of energy. It contains 45 g of fat, including 26 g of saturated fat. It contains 33 g of carbohydrates, including 28 g of 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, full-bodied creamy textures,
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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 bars.
Is this chocolate single origin?
Yes, it is made only from Ivory Coast beans, without blending.
What is its dominant taste?
It offers a powerful, roasted profile, with controlled bitterness and a nice 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 (Ivory Coast), 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.
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