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You’ll find our ingredients upfront because we are proud of them. Made from plants, chosen for their flavour and preserved to keep the nutrients they have when they’re alive.

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Our ingredients are thoughtfully grown and carefully prepared. Like our Fino de Aroma cacao beans, grown on an organic farm in Madagascar and fermented, never roasted, to keep their raw benefits.

From cacao bean to finished bar, we’re obsessive about the details. From freeze-drying berries to fermenting cacao beans, each step of the process has been finely tuned to make the best of the ingredients.

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Our nutritional profile is as much about what isn’t included as what is. We never use dairy, refined sugar or chemical additives.

  • Natural Sweetness
  • Jerusalem Artichike Syrup

    This natural sweetener is derived from the root of the Jerusalem artichoke. Despite its intense sweetness, the syrup has half the calories of regular sugar and a low glycemic index of 13-15. It is a source of vitamin C, potassium, magnesium and inulin.

  • Dehydrated Juices

    We make our own dehydrated fruit and vegetable juices, including melon, grape, mango and carrot. This concentrated powder is rich in vitamins, flavonoids, carotenoids, and anthocyanins, with a low glycemic index.

  • Freeze-Dried Fruits and Berries

    We use a wide variety of freeze-dried fruits and berries in our chocolate bars. This specialised drying technique preserves their natural appearance as well as their flavour and nutritional value.

  • Coconut Palm Flower Nectar

    This flower nectar gives a caramel sweetness to our chocolate. It’s prepared at low-temperatures to retain its naturally-occurring iron, zinc, copper, B vitamins and amino acids. It has a gentler effect on blood sugar levels, thanks to its high fibre content and glycemic index of 35 - half that of refined sugar.

  • The Making Process
  • From bean to bar

    Our chocolate is made from high quality cacao, grown on an organic farm in Madagascar and prepared at low temperatures to keep it raw. This process gives our chocolate its distinctive flavour while retaining as many of its health-giving nutrients as possible.

  • Fruit

    As with any fruit, the taste of cacao varies between species. We have selected one variety for its flavour and nutrients: Fino de Aroma. These beans are grown on an organic-certified ethical farm in Madagascar.

  • Fermentation

    Our cacao beans are lightly fermented, never roasted. They are covered in banana leaves and left to gently ferment over five days, developing their particular flavour while preserving more antioxidants than traditional fermentation methods.

  • Preparation

    The cacao beans are thoroughly cleaned using naturally-purified water drawn from deep wells. After soaking, the shell is separated from the nibs, which undergo cold cleaning. This process preserves the ‘living’ qualities of the cacao: enzymes, antioxidants and distinctive flavours.

  • Additions

    Added nuts, grains, and seeds are often soaked in water to encourage germination, improving their nutritional profile. Berries and fruits are freeze-dried, a specialised low-temperature vacuum process which maintains their vitamins and minerals.

  • Bars

    The cacao beans are dried and finely ground into a smooth paste. The process of mixing and refining the chocolate mass takes anywhere from 8 to 36 hours. Once it has reached the right consistency, the chocolate is poured into molds, cooled and tempered for texture.

  • Our Pledges
  • Vegan

    All our chocolate is made with plant-based ingredients. Instead of dairy milk, we use vegan alternatives like natural almonds, sprouted oats, coconut, rice and amaranth milk.

  • Natural

    Our ingredients have been grown without the use of chemicals. Like our organic Fino de Aroma cacao beans, from an ethical farm in Madagascar.

  • Raw

    We never roast our cacao beans or heat any ingredients above 42°C. This keeps them raw and preserves their goodness and flavour.

  • No added sugar

    We use only plant-based natural sweeteners, like Jerusalem artichoke syrup, dehydrated fruit juices and coconut palm nectar. These contain essential nutrients that slow sugar uptake.

  • High quality

    We use the finest quality ingredients available, working directly with private suppliers who grow them exclusively for us.

  • Pure

    Our ingredient list is as small as we can make it. No lactose, no refined sugar, no additives.