dutched cocoa uk

According to Nigella Lawson's blog, the UK does not differentiate between natural and dutch-processed cocoa powder. It says that both are offered; you would need to read the ingredient list to see if the cocoa contains an alkali (like a carbonate) to neutralize the acid in natural cocoa, hence giving you dutch-processed cocoa. I looked at Tesco's website and they carry Cadbury Bournville Cocoa Fair Trade Powder which has "an acid regular (sodium carbonate)". It's not expensive ~3 GBP for 250g canister. Waitrose has Green & Black's Organic Cocoa which is alkalized (dutch-processed) for about the same price for 125g can. Just read the ingredient list and look for an acid regulator. Natural cocoa powder will not have it.

Here’s one answer at Nigella Lawson website, advising on limited UK availability of Dutched cocoa, differences between the 2 types & what to do with your recipe if you can only find the non-Dutched.
https://www.nigella.com/ask/cocoa-advice
Also, quick search for online suppliers shows NO Dutch process cocoa in Lakeland's grocery section, but YES at both Amazon UK & Sainsbury’s.
cv's idea of looking, whether in pre or post internet days, for an American shop or bulletin board is a good one.
Nowadays, purchases tend to follow cooks with shows, newspaper columns or books (see the "Delia effect" of high percentage increase or selling-out of an ingredient after Delia Smith featured it in one of her tv shows).
Maybe direct inquiries to popular local chefs via tv stations, newspapers or their individual websites.

Valrohna is VERY good. Droste is popular everywhere. Try your local spice shop. If they don't have it, likely they can order it for you & deliver it to the store.

I did find this old blog post (2010) from David Leibovitz:

https://www.davidlebovitz.com/cocoa-powder-faq-dutch-process-v/

about cocoa powder. While he usually doesn't recommend specific brands, he does specifically mention Valrhona cocoa powder as one product that is darker than other typical Dutch-process cocoa powders.

If you're looking for black cocoa, you might do a specific search for that.

While I don't have a specific recommendation, in many of the largest cities across globe, there's often a bricks-and-mortar shop that specializes in American goods. Their main audience is the American expatriate community and they often carry food items that are popular or iconic in the USA that are difficult to find abroad (e.g., peanut butter, snack foods, breakfast cereals).

I know at one time Paris had just such a shop and I would be shocked if Tokyo doesn't have one.

My gut feeling is that such an American goods shop exists somewhere in London seeing as how there are many American expatriates in the UK and the two countries have been the closest allies for many, many years.

If you find the shop and they carry the product, they should be able to post it to you at a reasonable cost.

If you have befriended any American expatriates, perhaps you can convince one of them to include a box of cocoa when they fly back from their next trip stateside.

Best of luck.

Thanks! Yeah it seems as though Amazon.com might be my best option (amazon.co.uk sends back some silly results for whatever reason). I was hoping to avoid international shipping because shipping and customs tend to be so high, but it might just be worth it and I'll stock up. Thanks again :)

Amazon? Not sure of their shipping policy to the UK, however. A Google inquiry (dutch process cocoa in the uk) produced one of their typical reams of semi-relevant listings, more than I was willing to wade through; someone did report seeing Droste dp cocoa but couldn't remember the store.. All of the major chocolate companies, as well as King Arthur, have versions; searching some of their websites might be helpful.

I realize how poor the inquiry title is, I apologize!