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Cacao Tablea

Cacao tablea is a concentrated cacao tablet used to make hot cacao drinks and flavor desserts.

Cacao Tablea — illustrative ingredient image

About Cacao Tablea

Cacao tablea is a compact tablet or disk made primarily from ground cacao, traditionally formed for dissolving in a hot drink. It is used most closely in hot cacao beverages and can also flavour porridges, sauces, and desserts.

The tablet is typically dark brown, firm, and brittle or dense, with an intense roasted cacao aroma and a bitter, rounded flavour. That flavour becomes smoother when the tablet is diluted in a drink.

Tablea is commonly whisked or stirred into hot water or milk. It may be sold as a plain cacao tablet or as a product formulated for a particular beverage; grind, roast, sweetness, and added ingredients affect its appearance and behaviour when dissolved.

Ingredient type
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Cacao Tablea

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Cacao Tablea nutrition & diet

Cacao Tablea nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Chocolate, dark, high cocoa solids

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
528.2kcal
Protein
3.9g
Carbs
62.6g
Fat
30.3g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Use the exact cacao tablet formulation and serving preparation, since tablea may be made from ground cacao with varying roasting, grinding, sugar, spices, or other additions. Dissolving it in water, milk, or a mixed beverage changes the edible serving. Distinguish unsweetened tablets from drinking preparations.

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Diet considerations

Cacao tablea is a processed plant-based cacao product only when its ingredient list contains cacao alone. Compatibility changes with sugar, dairy, cereal thickeners, spices, or commercial drink mixes. The tablet differs from the prepared beverage, and the final carbohydrate pattern depends on additions and serving portion.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3 — F002921 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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