Without knowing it or not, you’ve likely consumed cocoa butter in a food product or used it on your skin in a lotion of some sort. Cocoa butter is rarely the star of the show in recipes; however, its benefits both health wise and taste wise are significant. What is it? After farmers extract cocoa […]
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Healthy, No-Bake Brownie Recipe
We’re pretty lucky that we have access to lots of chocolate and cocoa samples here at the office from our manufacturing partner, Cargill. We have a sample inventory so that our customers can test those samples in their product formulas during the research and development process. It’s also important for us to know what our […]
THE 5 BEST PLANT-BASED PROTEIN BARS
Last year alone, plant-based food sales increased 20%, totaling in $3.3 billion. Yes, that’s BILLION with a B. This trend has infiltrated various different end applications in categories such as beverage, snack, dairy and more. As a wholesale ingredients distributor, we adapt to market trends to ensure our ingredients portfolio meets the needs of the […]
5 DELICIOUS CARAMEL RECIPES
Have you ever met a caramel dessert you didn’t like? We know we haven’t! At Gillco, we’ve been lucky enough to taste test the caramel that we source to our customers and we’ve found some of our favorite recipes along the way. WHY MERCKENS AND PETER’S? Merckens and Peter’s are two brands of chocolate and […]
WHAT IS CHOCOLATE BLOOMING?
Ever open up a chocolate bar, see some residue on your sweet treat and think, what the heck is that? Well, we’ve got the answers for you and the good news is, it doesn’t necessarily mean your chocolate has gone bad…so don’t throw it away! We’ll explain what chocolate blooming is and why it occurs. […]
Organic Chocolate as an Ingredient: Benefits and Uses
Health and eco-minded chocolate lovers throughout the U.S. are flooded with an elegant array of organic chocolate bars at their local health food markets such as Whole Foods, Wegman’s, Gelson’s, Sprouts and Trader Joe’s. These same conscious living individuals are often avid food label readers to ensure that the items they are purchasing present an […]