Cocoa powder: Smash cocoa cake, the brown red powder which is sifted is called cocoa powder.
Item Natural cocoa powder
High fat content Fit fat content Low fat content
Cocoa butter
on dry matter basis % >20 >12-20 10-12
Moisture content/ % 5max
Ash content on dry matter basis % 8max
through 200 mesh sieve/ % 99%-99.5%
PH value 5.0-5.8
Shell content 1.75max


Item Alkalized cocoa powder
High fat content Fit fat content Low fat content
Cocoa butter
on dry matter basis % >20 >12-20 10-12
Moisture content/ % 5max
Ash content on dry matter basis % 10 light alkali ; 12 weighty alkali
through 200 mesh sieve/ % 99%-99.5%
PH value 5.9-6.8 (light alkali) ,>6.8(weighty alkali)
Shell content 1.75max


Microbiology index:

Item Index
Total bacteria count cfu/g 5000 max
Coliform group MPN/100g 30 max
Pathogen salmonella, shigella, staphylococcus aureus Negative
Yeast count cfu/g 50 max
Mould count cfu/g 50 max