Broma process

2025-03-23T16:29:13Z

2603:8001:CB00:2894:8D8F:28F0:15E6:C2BA: Ghirardelli himself did not develop the technique, as you see if you visit Domingo Ghirardelli's page and look in his biography.

{{Short description|Method of extracting cocoa butter from cocoa beans}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
In chocolate making, the '''Broma process''' is a method of extracting [[cocoa butter]] from roasted [[cocoa bean]]s, credited to an employee working for the chocolatier [[Domingo Ghirardelli]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ask The Editors: Unsweetened Vs. Dutch Cocoa Powder|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/20/unsweetened-vs-dutch-cocoa-powder_n_972395.html|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=6 July 2015|ref=1}}</ref> The Broma process involves hanging bags of [[chocolate liquor]], made from roasted and ground cocoa beans, in a very warm room, above the melting point of [[cocoa butter]] (slightly above room temperature), and allowing the butter to drip off the bags, where it is collected.<ref name=chocalch2012>{{cite web|title=Ask the Alchemist #2: When do I press the cocoa butter out?|url=https://chocolatealchemy.com/blog/2012/09/05/ask-the-alchemist-2|website=Chocolate Alchemy|access-date=6 July 2015|ref=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609070148/http://chocolatealchemy.com/blog/2012/09/05/ask-the-alchemist-2|archive-date=2017-06-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Dutch process chocolate|Dutch process]] adds an extra processing step to the Broma process whereby, after the cocoa butter has been drained off, the beans are soaked in an [[Alkali|alkaline]] solution to make them [[PH|chemically neutral]].{{Cn|date=September 2021}}

After removal, the cocoa butter can be used either to produce richer [[Chocolate bar|bars of chocolate]], or, when combined with powdered milk and sugar, to create [[white chocolate]]. Once the Broma process is complete, the remaining dry cocoa beans are usually ground into [[cocoa powder]], which is sold to consumers.<ref name=chocalch2012 />

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