Puratos extended its Ambiante range of ready-to-whip toppings and fillings with a new entry: chocolate. The Ambiante Chocolate Flavor is 100% dairy-free, with no artificial flavors or colors (NAFNAC) and uses cocoa powder from Puratos’s sustainable Cacao-Trace program, the company details. It has a smooth, mousse-like texture, for use in fillings, decorations and toppings for patisserie and desserts in a convenient way. 

The new Ambiante Chocolate Flavor contains only 14% fat and gains up to 3.5 times its original volume during whipping, in comparison to the average overrun of two times when using a standard dairy cream and cocoa powder combination.

Produced using UHT technology, it can be stored unopened at room temperature (between 2-20°C) for up to nine months. After whipping and applying it, patisserie creations are freeze-thaw stable, or they can be stored in a refrigerator for up to five days.

The new ingredient was developed using cocoa powder sourced through Puratos’s Cacao-Trace program. As part of the Cacao-Trace initiative, farmers are paid an annual ‘Chocolate Bonus’: with every 1kg of Ambiante Chocolate Flavor sold, they receive a premium of EUR 0,05 directly or via community funding projects. 

Ambiante Chocolate Flavor can be used in a wide range of applications, such as traditional truffle cake and tres leches cake, as well as éclair fillings or chocolate mousses. It can be used as a standalone flavor or combined with other types of chocolate.

 “Consumer expectations are high when it comes to patisserie; they want a delicate flavor and texture, freshness and the use of sustainably-sourced ingredients – often catering to specific dietary preferences.  So, when developing a whippable topping in everyone’s favorite patisserie flavor, chocolate, it was important to get every aspect right,” comments Laurent Thomé, Business Unit Director – Plant-based Solutions at Puratos. “We created Ambiante Chocolate Flavor to meet these growing needs and help make manufacturers’ lives easier. Unlike many labor-intensive chocolate creams, Ambiante delivers consistent quality, taste and color – ready for producers and artisan bakers to whip up exciting patisserie creations.” 

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