Ardent Mills® Cocoa Replace

Future-proof your supply chain with our reliable, cost-effective cocoa alternative

The pressure to stabilize costs and ensure ingredient availability—while keeping up with the demand for cocoa products, is increasing now more than ever. That’s why Ardent Mills created Cocoa Replace, your single-ingredient solution, designed for wheat-based goods—streamlining reformulation and minimizing label changes for manufacturers.

Cost Savings and Stable US Supply

Made from a U.S.-sourced wheat, Cocoa Replace, a single ingredient, delivers a significant cost savings and can replace up to 25% of cocoa powder in standard formulations. With a rich legacy in wheat flour milling and baking, Ardent Mills will bring unmatched expertise to deliver consistent, premium quality ingredients. Trust the industry leader that knows baking best.

Taste and Color that Deliver

Beyond critical cost savings and availability, Cocoa Replace was created specifically to maintain quality and performance in baked goods and snacks such as cakes, muffins, brownies, cookies and even pumpernickel breads.

Recognizing the complexity of cocoa flavor and the challenges to replicating it in a replacement product, Ardent Mills validated the cocoa extender through comprehensive sensory trials with both trained panels and consumers. Results from both sensory screening trials by highly trained sensory experts and from consumers demonstrated that Cocoa Replace closely matches cocoa powder in sensory experience and acceptability, making it a viable alternative to cocoa in baking applications up to 25%.*

*Based on tests conducted by FMSS, Inc., a CLT with 54 consumers and a sensory screening by a highly trained sensory panel.

Applications

  • Cakes (25%)
  • Cookies (25%)
  • Brownies (25%)
  • Muffins (25%)
  • Pancakes and waffles (25%)
  • Pumpernickel breads (100%)
  • Quick breads (25%)
Details

Availability

Sizes:

  • 50 lb. bags and totes

Ingredients:

  • U.S. Sourced and Milled Wheat
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* Product availability subject to change and may be dependent on volumes. Contact your Ardent Mills representative for the most up-to date information.

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Ardent Mills is a commercial supplier, and does not sell directly to home bakers or consumers.