Guanaja 70% Dark Chocolate 1kg

Valrhona Guanaja 70% cocoa Dark Chocolate 1kg

Guanaja 70% dark chocolate is a blend of cocoa beans from Trinidad, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Madagascar.

Discover the Guanaja taste:

• Major characteristic: balanced.
• Minor note: roasted.
• Exceptional note: bitterness.

Discover Guanaja's forceful tanginess and its comforting notes of bitter cocoa nibs call and respond like the warm instruments intermingling with celebratory song of a percussion section.

Top Tips: In 1986, Valrhona created the world's bitterest chocolate using 70% cocoa. This heightened cocoa content required a complete rethink of how things were done. This is when we started to select cocoas with absolute precision, because with such a low proportion of sugar there was nothing to mask imperfections. Guanaja immediately revolutionized the market and became a benchmark product. Its name, Guanaja, is a nod to the first cocoa beans given to Christopher Columbus when he washed up on the Caribbean island of Guanaja on July 30, 1502. Guanaja is best for using: This 1kg feve bag of cooking chocolate is the perfect bag for all your cooking and baking creations.

Guanaja pairs best with:

• Hazelnuts: Chocolate and hazelnuts often work well together, enriching the flavor palette with toasted nuances and sometimes even adding a crunchy texture.
• Orange: with its tangy notes that blend beautifully with chocolate. Traditional, timeless candied orange peel coated in dark chocolate is just one iteration of this tasty combination.
• Apricot: Apricot’s fruity flavor and dark chocolate’s slightly bitter taste form a very delicate balance.
• Tea: There is the perfect tea for every chocolate.
• Mint: Mint, with its freshness is combined with a deep dark chocolate to create something special.
• Ginger: Dark chocolate’s bitterness contrasts deliciously with the sweet heat of ginger.
• Chili: Ever since the days of the Mayan empire, chili has paired surprisingly well with bitter chocolate.

What our customers have to say: For almost a century, we have been pushing the boundaries to create a fair and sustainable cocoa sector and to inspire creative and responsible gastronomy.

Our promise to be better: Always at the side of Chefs, Valrhona supports artisans and accompanies them in their quest for uniqueness by constantly pushing the limits of creativity.

Featured in recipes: Caramel brownie, Pralicoco lollipops, Brioche with a melt-in-the-middle Guanaja core, chocolate ice-cream magnum