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Cocoa Nibs

Also known as: cocoa bean chips

Safe

Cocoa nibs are a whole-food ingredient containing flavanols, theobromine, and minerals. They are recognized as a food ingredient with no safety issues at normal dietary intake.

Found in
1,041 products

What it is

Crushed pieces of fermented, dried, and roasted cacao beans (Theobroma cacao).

Flavor and texture ingredient; raw material for chocolate.

What regulators actually say

"Cacao nibs is the food prepared by removing the shell from cured, cleaned, dried, and cracked cacao beans."

eCFR 21 CFR Part 163 Cacao Products — ecfr.gov

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Recognized food (21 CFR 163 cacao products).

European Union — EFSA

Authorised as a food.

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