Van Houten Ground Dark Chocolate - Dark - 750 grams

Few brands can claim a legacy that goes back as far as 190 years. Since 1828, Van Houten has been producing, innovating and pushing the boundaries of the chocolate craft. Coenraad van Houten himself pioneered cocoa presses and his son later invented the "dutching" process. This turned cocoa drinks from bitter powders into the tasty, soft and soluble cocoa and chocolate drinks you know today. And Van Houten is not done innovating yet.

Finest cocoa powders - a bean-to-cup story of more than 190 years

Van Houten's history began in 1815 when Casparus Van Houten opened a chocolate factory in Amsterdam. Cocoa beans were ground into a fine powder that was then mixed with milk to make a chocolate drink or with sugar, cinnamon and vanilla to make biscuits.

In 1828, Casparus invented the hydraulic cocoa press, which separated the cocoa butter from the drink to make a lighter and more nutritious cocoa powder. His son Coenraads inherited his father's passion for cocoa and subsequently invented the famous Dutching process to alkalise cocoa to improve flavour and solubility.