Methods and apparatus for processing chocolate

A system for processing food products, comprising:

• a vessel member defining a vessel volume;
• grinding media disposed within the vessel volume for grinding the food products, the grinding media including a first plurality of first grinding media and a second plurality of second grinding media that is smaller than the first plurality of the first grinding media;
• and
• a recirculating absorption system including an absorption vessel, the absorption vessel having a plurality of bays that includes respective absorbent media and selectively permits access to the respective absorbent media based on a saturation level of the respective absorbent media,
• wherein the respective absorbent media is configured to absorb moisture from the vessel volume.

A system for dehydrating food products, comprising:

• a container having a container volume for the food products that releases moisture into the container volume during a food processing process;
• a vessel having a secondary volume and in fluidic communication with the container;
• and
• absorption media positioned within the secondary volume and configured to absorb moisture from moisture-laden air that is drawn from the container volume to produce dry air, the dry air returning from the vessel to the container.