Natural cocoa powder is lighter in color, has a higher acidity of about 5 pH, and because of that acidity, has a sharper chocolate flavor. Dutch-process powder is natural cocoa powder that has been ...

If you've ever grabbed the wrong cocoa powder in a rush—or found yourself with only one option in the supermarket—you've probably wondered if there's a big difference between cocoa powder types. When ...

From Pastry Chef Valerie Hill: Dutch-process cocoa dissolves more easily into an egg white batter and has a deeper, reddish-brown color, so the cake will look more chocolaty than it would with natural ...

Cocoa powder, the ground cacao you get when you remove some of the cacao butter from the processed cacao bean, comes in two forms: natural and Dutch-process. Dutch-process cocoa powder is milder on ...