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Why is cocoa so high in calories, but it is still said to be a diet food?
Cocoa (pure cocoa) is not high in calories at all. A spoonful (about16g, which can make a large cup) is about 1 1 calorie.

But after drinking cocoa powder, you will feel full, so you won't eat a lot of rice and you won't want to eat snacks. So I can help you lose weight.

Cocoa beans (raw beans) contain 5.58% water, 50.29% fat, nitrogen 14. 19%, theobromine10.55%, other non-nitrogen substances 13.9 1%, and starch 8. Cocoa beans also contain nerve center stimulants such as caffeine and tannin, which are closely related to the color, aroma and taste of chocolate.

Among them, theobromine and caffeine can stimulate the cerebral cortex, eliminate drowsiness, enhance the sense of touch and thinking, regulate the heart function, and have the functions of dilating renal blood vessels and diuresis.

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Cocoa chips (commonly known as cocoa cakes) obtained by peeling, coarse crushing and fermentation of cocoa beans are the powder of cocoa cakes after degreasing and crushing, that is, cocoa powder. It is mostly used to make chocolate and drinks, and it is also an important ingredient of chocolate cake.

It can be a powdered beverage made of cocoa beans. Cocoa powder is not easy to disperse in hot water, but easy to precipitate. You can stir with a little hot water to make the powder swell, and then add sugar, dairy products, etc. And heating to form a cocoa beverage. In order to improve the solubility of cocoa powder, surfactant can be added properly or agglomeration process can be used to make it dissolve quickly. Cocoa, tea and coffee are all drinks containing alkaloids, which are characterized by high fat content and high calorific value, and are good for nervous system, kidney and heart.

Cocoa powder is brownish red and has the special fragrance of cocoa. The moisture content is less than 5% and the fineness is 99.5%. It passes through a 200 mesh screen. Besides fat, protein and carbohydrates, cocoa powder also contains theobromine, vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, nicotinic acid, phosphorus, iron and calcium. Theobromine has a mild stimulating and exciting effect on human body.

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Cocoa-Baidu Encyclopedia