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pastrygirl

pastrygirl

  On 5/2/2018 at 12:54 PM, rotuts said:

so the cacao butter is Pink ?  ( Ruby sounds better than pink, but it looks pink to me )

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No, the cacao solids are pink rather than brown. Maybe it starts out more ruby colored before they add white milk and sugar that dilute the color. Cacao butter is off-white once separated from the rest of the bean. 

pastrygirl

pastrygirl

  On 5/2/2018 at 12:54 PM, rotuts said:

so the cacao butter is Pink ?  ( Ruby sounds better than pink, but it looks pink to me )

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No, the cacao solids are pink. Cacao butter tends to be off-white once separated from the rest of the bean. 

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