Easter is coming and like every year on our tables there will be the typical sweets of this festival. But how to choose Easter eggs and doves? Some tips for making conscious and quality purchases come from the Movimento Difesa del Cittadino (MDC).
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Easter is coming and like every year on our tables there will be the typical sweets of this festival. But how to choose chocolate eggs and doves? Some tips for making conscious and quality purchases come from the Movimento Difesa del Cittadino (MDC).
As always, it is essential to read the labels in order to be able to evaluate the ingredients and the precise quantity within the products, the expiry date and the presence or absence of allergens are also fundamental in case some foods or traces of them may give problems to those who have to buy. Here, then, are some important details to consider when choosing Easter eggs or doves.
EASTER EGGS
Regarding the fundamental Easter eggs it is evaluate the quantity of chocolate presentAccording to the MDC, in fact, the secret to choosing an egg worthy of the name is in the quality of the chocolate but also in the percentage in which the raw material is present. Dark eggs must contain at least 35% of total dry cocoa substance and at least 18% of cocoa butter and not less than 14% of defatted dry cocoa.
Milk chocolate eggs must contain at least 25% of total dry matter of cocoa, 14% of total dry matter of lactic origin and 25% of total fat.
Then there are chocolate eggs on which the wording appears "Fine", "very fine" or "extra". As the Citizen Defense Movement points out:
“In the case of dark chocolate the product it must contain not less than 43% of total cocoa dry matter, of which not less than 26% cocoa butter. For the milk chocolateInstead, not less than 30% of total cocoa dry matter and 18% milk substance obtained from the partial or total dehydration of whole, partially or totally skimmed milk, cream, partially or totally dehydrated cream, butter or milk fat, of which at least 4,5% milk fat " .
So pay attention to the percentage of cocoa but not only, It is also important to evaluate the presence of other vegetable fats besides cocoa butter. If the product contains a percentage of fat up to 5%, the wording "contains other vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter" must be highlighted on the label.
DOVE
According to the MDC press release, the dove to define itself as such must necessarily contain the following ingredients: wheat flour; sugar; category “A” hen's eggs or egg yolk, or both, in quantities such as to guarantee not less than 4% in yolk; butyric fat (ie butter), in a quantity not less than 16%; candied citrus peel, in quantities not less than 15%; natural yeast consisting of sourdough; salt.
According to an inter-ministerial decree (Ministry of Productive Activities and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Policies), in fact, the "Colomba" is a confectionery product with very precise characteristics: soft paste, obtained by natural fermentation from sourdough, with an irregular shape similar to a dove, with a soft structure with elongated alveolation, with superior glazing and a decoration composed of sugar grains and at least 2% almonds (considering the finished product).
If you buy directly in bakeries and artisan workshops know that the individual products may not have the label but on the sales counter there must be a sign indicating the list of ingredients and other specifications of what you buy.
The recommendations are repeated every year and the conscience of consumers is always higher, unfortunately, however, during the holiday periods the Nas often find "fake" products or products with false labels that are about to end up on the tables as if nothing had happened. If you want to be sure of the genuineness of the products you will put on the table for Easter we advise you, if you have some time available and desire, to dedicate yourself to self-production.
Here our recipes to prepare chocolate and dove eggs both in traditional and vegan version:
EASTER COLOMBA WITH MOTHER PASTA (VEGAN RECIPE)
HOME MADE COLOMBA: THE RECIPE WITH MOTHER PASTA
EASTER EGGS: THE RECIPE FOR DO-IT-YOURSELF CHOCOLATE EGGS
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