I loko o ka papa inoa mea hoʻohui o ke kokoleka, loaʻa maʻamau: ka nui koko, ka pata koko, a me ka pauka koko.E hōʻailona ʻia ka ʻike o ka paʻa koko ma ka ʻeke o waho o ke kokoleka.ʻOi aku ka nui o nā mea paʻa koko (me ka nui koko, ka pauka koko a me ka pata koko), ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā mea pono a me ka waiwai o ka meaʻai i loko o ke kokoleka.ʻO nā huahana kokoleka me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 60% ka nui o ka koko ma ka mākeke he kakaikahi;ʻO ka hapa nui o nā huahana kokoleka he kiʻekiʻe loa i ke kō a ʻono ka ʻono a hiki ke helu ʻia he mau lole.

Koko Mass
Ma hope o ka hoʻomoʻa ʻia ʻana o nā pīni koko, kālua ʻia a ʻili ʻia, ʻeli ʻia a kaomi ʻia i loko o ka "cocoa mass", i ʻike ʻia ʻo "coa liquor".He mea nui ka nui o ka koko no ka hana ʻana i ke kokoleka;he meaʻai pū kekahi o ka pata koko a me ka pauka koko.He ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele ka nui koko.I ka wā e mahana ai, ʻo ka nui koko he wai ʻeleʻele e kahe ana, a paʻa a paʻa i loko o kahi poloka ma hope o ka maʻalili.ʻO ka waiʻona koko, hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ka pata koko a me ka keke koko, a laila e hana hou ʻia i nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe.

Koko Pada
He ʻulaʻula-ʻulaʻula ke kala a he ʻala koko ikaika maoli.He mea koʻikoʻi ka keke koko no ka hana ʻana i nā pauka koko like ʻole a me nā mea inu kokoleka.Akā ʻaʻole loaʻa i loko o ka kokoleka keʻokeʻo ka pauka koko.
Loaʻa ka pauka koko ma ka ʻoki ʻana i nā keke koko a me ka wili ʻana a lilo i pauda.He ʻala koko nō hoʻi ka pauka koko, a loaʻa nā pūhui polyphenolic me nā waiwai antioxidant a me nā mineral like ʻole e like me ka magnesium a me ka potassium.
ʻO ka pauka koko e hōʻiliʻili i nā mea antioxidant i loko o ka koko, ʻo ia ka mea e pono ai ke olakino kanaka.Ua hōʻoia nā haʻawina lapaʻau e hiki ke kōkua i ka pauka koko unsweetened i ka mālama ʻana i ke koko, e hoʻemi i ke koko koko a hoʻemi i ka hopena o ka maʻi puʻuwai.

ʻO Coco Butter
ʻO ka pata koko ka momona maoli i loko o ka pī koko.Paʻa ka pata koko ma ka lumi wela ma lalo o 27°C, ka wai i ka wela kiʻekiʻe, a hoʻomaka e heheʻe ke kokoke i ka wela o ke kino o 35°C.ʻO ka pata koko he amber ma ke ʻano wai a he melemele ma ke ʻano paʻa.Hāʻawi ka pata koko i ke kokoleka i kahi maʻalahi a me nā hiʻohiʻona heheʻe-i-ka-waha;hāʻawi ia i ke kokoleka i ka ʻono mellow a me ka ʻālohilohi hohonu.

Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia, ma muli o ke ʻano o ke kokoleka, ʻokoʻa ke ʻano o ka hoʻohui.Hiki i ke kokoleka momona maʻemaʻe ke hoʻohana i ka poloka wai koko, a i ʻole ka pauka koko me ka pata koko, akā ʻaʻole e hoʻohana ke kokoleka pani koko koko i ka poloka wai a me ka pata koko.Hoʻohana wale ʻia ke kokoleka pani koko koko i ka pauka koko a me ka momona hana, aia i loko o nā ʻakika momona trans.