Chocolatemakers – Cabruca, Brazil, Dark 70% with Sea Salt

About the bar

This 70% dark bar is soft and chocolatey with a lovely length, and is beautifully balanced with the sea salt.

About the maker

Dutch founders Rodney and Enver began to create bean-to-bar chocolate in Amsterdam in 2011. They are as passionate about ethics and sustainability as they are about the chocolate itself; they use only Organic ingredients, pay 50% above the Fairtrade price, and aim to become carbon neutral in their chocolate production. One aspect of this comes from their factory in Amsterdam’s harbour, which has such a large solar panel-covered roof that they generate more power than they consume.

The beans

The beans for this bar are sourced from Brazilian cacao farmers in the paradisiacal Bahia region on Brazil’s east coast. The bar is listed as ‘Demeter certified’ – Demeter certifies biodynamic farms and products, which goes one step further than organic. Biodynamic farms are a holistic way of farming in which ecosystems aren’t disrupted, and the soil is fed with manure and other natural substances so that it remains healthy for years to come.

The Demeter farmers in the region are affiliated with the Cabruca cooperative. Cabruca is also the name of the local cultivation system in which there is no need to clear the land, because the cocoa trees grow well in the shade of other native trees in the Atlantic ecosystem and coexist with a wide variety of other plant and animal species . This method, which has been practiced in the region for more than 200 years, is a model that has inspired other agroforestry systems around the world.

Allergens*

May contain milk, may contain nuts

Ingredients

Cocoa mass (65%), cane sugar (29%), cocoa butter, sea salt (0.3%). cocoa: 70% minimum. organic farming

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