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Cocoa Nibs
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."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Recognized food (21 CFR 163 cacao products).
European Union — EFSA
Authorised as a food.
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