Soft steamed buns filled with dark chocolate and coconut creamEat beautiful. Hot fluffy buns with melt in the middle dark chocolate. Steam or microwave. Ready in minutes. Suitable for vegans.Wow bao These molten chocolate bao'buns are, in truth, a small but historic breakthrough. The itsu ^grocery] mission is to dream up new and wonderful food ideas with our partners in Japan, Korea and China. Every now and then the team hit a bullseye this is one such lucky example. After more than 50 failed trials, we managed to get rich quality chocolate to flow, molten warm, from inside the fluffy bao'bun. We also made a salted caramel flavour blended with umami miso, which blew our socks off. Serve them hot with ice cream or fruit dust them ^cappuccino style] with chocolate powder, or for the ultimate treat, plant a birthday candle dead centre.
Frozen
Wheat Flour, Water, Dark Chocolate (13%) (Cocoa Mass¹, Sugar, Cocoa Butter¹, Salt, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin; Flavourings), Coconut Cream (6%) (Coconut Extract, Stabilisers: Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Palm Oil¹, Soya Beans, Corn Starch, Soya Bean Oil, Cocoa Powder¹, Yeast, Salt, Raising Agents*: Sodium Carbonates, Diphosphates, Vanilla Essence, Purple Carrot Powder**, Maltodextrin, Minimum Cocoa Solids 60%, *Commonly found in baking powder, they help the Bao Buns to rise, making them light & fluffy, **Used to create the little purple dot on our Bao Buns, so when serving with our other flavours you can see which ones are chocolate
For allergens, including Cereals containing Gluten, see ingredients in bold.
Lifestyle
Suitable for Vegans
Allergy advice
May Contain Milk
May Contain Sesame
May contain Milk and Sesame.
Warnings
WARNING: take care as filling will be hot after heating.
. This pack contains 4 bao'buns
Typical values
as sold per: 100g
Energy
1356kJ
Energy
324kcal
Fat
13
Of which Saturates
7.4
Carbohydrate
44
Of which Sugars
16
Fibre
3.1
Protein
5.2
Salt
0.39
Origin Information
Country of Origin: China
Cooking instructions
General
Please always be careful of hot steam when removing bao'buns. For guidance only, cooking appliances will vary. Do not re-heat once cooked.
Microwave
From Frozen
^1 bao'bun]- Place 1 bao'bun in a microwavable bowl and cover with a microwaveable plate.- Microwave for 25 seconds on 900W or 30 seconds on 750W.- Allow bao'bun to stand for 1 min.^2 bao'buns]- Place 2 bao'buns in a microwavable bowl and cover with a microwaveable plate.- Microwave for 45 seconds on 900W or 50 seconds on 750W.- Allow bao'buns to stand for 2 mins.
Steam
From Frozen
Steam in colander ^recommended]- Line colander with greaseproof paper.- Place the colander above a pan of softly boiling water.- Place the bao'buns in & cover with a lid.- Steamm for 7-8 mins.Steamer ^recommended]- Line steamer with greaseproof paper & pre-heat.- Place bao'buns in the steamer & cover with a lid.- Steam for 7-8 mins.
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