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How much cocoa butter 1 tonne of cocoa beans gives

Enter roasting loss, shell share and the fat content of liquor and cake to see the nib, liquor, butter and powder yield from a tonne of beans.

Parameters

Result

Approximate calculation using a simplified model: for designing equipment and process modes, consult a technologist.

Calculation example

Cocoa bean mass
1 000 kg
Moisture loss in roasting
4 %
Shell and germ (of roasted beans)
12 %
Loss when grinding nibs into liquor
1 %
Cocoa liquor fat
54 %
Cocoa cake fat after pressing
11 %
Cocoa liquor
836,4 kg
Cocoa nibs
844,8 kg
Cocoa butter
404,1 kg
Cocoa cake (powder)
432,3 kg
Liquor yield from beans
83,6 %
Butter yield from beans
40,4 %
Beans per 1 kg of liquor
1,20 kg
Beans per 1 kg of butter
2,47 kg

Frequently asked questions

How much butter does cocoa liquor give?
It depends on the cake fat content: the less fat left in the powder, the more butter is pressed out — usually about half the liquor mass.

The calculations are approximate: they help to assess the process and compare options, but do not replace a process design and trials on a specific raw material. This section is for reference only and contains no commercial offers.