Cacao Barry Lactée Barry Milk Chocolate Couverture 35%

Close your eyes and imagine the smoothest, most balanced milk chocolate you've ever tasted — creamy, gently sweet, with a clean cocoa finish that lingers just long enough. That's Lactée Barry. A timeless classic from Cacao Barry, one of the world's most respected couverture chocolate houses, trusted by professional pastry chefs and chocolatiers for over a century.

At 35% cocoa, Lactée Barry strikes the perfect balance between rich chocolate depth and smooth, milky sweetness — making it one of the most versatile milk couvertures in professional patisserie.

Why Professionals Choose Lactée Barry

• Perfectly balanced flavour: Creamy and sweet with genuine cocoa character — never cloying or artificial
• Exceptional fluidity: High cocoa butter content ensures a smooth, even melt ideal for enrobing, moulding, and ganaches
• Consistent results: Crafted to exacting standards batch after batch — the reliability professional kitchens depend on
• Versatile application: Equally at home in truffles, pralines, mousses, tarts, and baked goods

Tasting Notes

Smooth and creamy with warm caramel undertones, a gentle vanilla sweetness, and a clean, satisfying cocoa finish. A crowd-pleasing profile that works beautifully across a wide range of applications.

How to Use

• Tempering: Melt to 45–50°C, cool to 26–27°C, reheat to 29–30°C for a glossy, snappy finish
• Ganaches: Use a 2:1 chocolate to cream ratio for firm truffles, or 1:1 for a silky tart filling
• Enrobing & moulding: Ideal fluidity for coating truffles and filling chocolate moulds
• Mousses & creams: Melts smoothly into whipped cream or custard bases for elegant desserts
• Baking: Use drops directly in cookies, blondies, and cakes for even distribution and a superior melt

About Cacao Barry

Founded in France in 1842, Cacao Barry is one of the world's leading couverture chocolate manufacturers. Their commitment to sourcing quality cacao and crafting consistent, high-performance chocolate has made them a staple in professional kitchens worldwide.