Description
Opalys is a creamy chocolate that's light and pure in colour with very low sweetness. It opens with balanced flavours of fresh milk and natural vanilla.
Valrhona devised Opalys to meet the needs of a customer who wanted a chocolate with an immaculate colour. Developing such a bright white product was technically highly demanding and required Valrhona to modify its facilities. This led to the creation of Opalys, a creamy, pure white chocolate, with only the slightest hint of sweetness. Prized by perfectionists, it became a phenomenal success. The name Opalys refers to its opalescent white colour.
What makes Opalys so special is its perfect balance of cocoa butter, sugar and milk. Obtaining this white colour and this level of finesse at the same time is extremely difficult.
Opalys is a white chocolate with the merest hint of sweetness whose delicate milky, vanilla flavour conjures up all the purity of a shimmering mountaintop snow shower in spring.
Major note : Vanilla
Minor note : Fresh milk
Recommended Applications :
- Ganache Chocolate
- Ganache Patisserie
- Coating (Optimal)
- Moulding
- Mousse
- Tablet Bar
- Ice Cream & Sorbets
Suggested Pairings :
Frutos / Red fruits / Vanilla / Tea
Composition :
Cocoa butter, whole MILK powder, sugar, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin, natural vanilla extract
- 33% cocoa
- 32% sugar
- 44% fat content
- 32% milk
Storage : Keep in a dry, cool place at between 61/64 °F (16/18 °C)
Product of France
Created in 1922 in France by a pastry chef for pastry chefs, Valrhona has remained a chef driven company that values working in partnership with culinary professionals. Valrhona employs 30 corporate chefs and operates four premier pastry schools ("Ecoles Valrhona") throughout the world for chefs to learn, exchange ideas, and master their craft. Valrhona is committed to the creation of unique artisan quality chocolates with complex and balanced flavors. As an owner of 2 plantations, Valrhona is literally the source of fine chocolate as they plant, discover, select, and blend fine and rare cocoa beans.
Since 2020, Valrhona is certified B CORP. Obtaining this certification is a huge honour but also a philosophy that they wish to implement for the future. The B CORP movement has been promoting strong values of change throughout the world to make companies "a force for good" and distinguish those that balance profit and purpose. Its holistic and demanding vision revolves around 5 impact areas: Governance, Workers, Community, Environment and Customers. B CORP's objective is to certify companies that integrate social, societal and environmental objectives into their business model and operations.
