I’ve always being a fan of dark chocolate mainly because i’m a savoury fanatic and don’t enjoy eating things that are too sweet. So I decided to treat myself with something on the more pricier side and went for “Pana raw chocolate”. On the packet it reads that it is raw, organic, handmade and contains no dairy, soy, gluten or refined sugar.
The ingredients contained coconut nectar, coconut oil, figs, carob?, cinnamon, wild orange essential oil and himalayan crystal salt. Although, it was very tasteless, bland and the texture was almost creamy spotted with a few dried oranges here and there, it tasted strongly of Earl Grey the tea. The flavour I chose was “Fig + Wild Orange” mainly because it had a higher cacao content than the other flavours like the Goji berry, Mint and Nuts. It tasted nothing like Fig and Wild Orange, even the fruit bits was stripped of its natural sweetness.
I was expecting a little bit more for an overpriced 45g worth of chocolate. But it also made me realise that if the usual chocolate I eat (85% dark chocolate by Lindt) tastes more sweeter and flavourful than 70% raw organic chocolate, I wonder what type of nasty preservatives/additives do Lindt put in their chocolate?
If you choose health over taste when buying chocolates, I strongly recommend Pana chocolate. It definitely has an acquired taste but I wouldn’t recommend it to those who prefers their chocolate sweet!
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