Information about allergens and ingredients of Dandelion Chocolate products.

<h3 id="where-do-you-get-your-cocoa-beans-and-sugar">Where do you get your cocoa beans and sugar?</h3><p id="isPasted">We do our best to work directly with the producers who grow, ferment, and dry the cocoa beans we buy. We travel to origins as frequently as possible to learn about our producers&#x2019; best practices, exchange feedback, and make sure that high standards of quality and sustainability are met. We pay a premium far above the world market price and work to strengthen our relationships year after year in order to maintain our collective commitment to sharing the best and most distinctive cocoa with you. We also publish an annual <a href="https://www.dandelionchocolate.com/pages/origins" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sourcing report</a> where you can get to know our producer partners.</p><p>While our beans come from all over the world, our organic cane sugar only comes from Brazil: specifically, from the <a href="https://www.global-organics.com/cane-sugar.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" id="isPasted">Native Green Cane Project</a>, a pioneering sustainable sugarcane farm and producer located approximately 350 kilometers northwest of S&#xE3;o Paolo.</p><p><br></p><h3 id="do-you-have-any-vegan-or-gluten-free-options">Do you have any vegan or gluten-free options?</h3><p id="isPasted">All of our single-origin, bean-to-bar chocolate &#x2014; bars, Large Chips, Hot Chocolate Mixes, and ground Chef&apos;s Chocolate &#x2014; is vegan and gluten-free; and we offer several tasty vegan confections in our online store as well. (Have you tried <a href="https://www.dandelionchocolate.com/products/chocolate-covered-caramelized-almonds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Feve&#x2019;s delicious Chocolate-Covered Caramelized Almonds</a>?) Full ingredient information is provided in each product description.</p><p>On the caf&#xE9; front, our gluten-free Oatmeal Nibby Cookie is a team favorite; and many of our beverages can be made vegan (just select oat milk when ordering). Please note that although our chocolate bars are vegan and gluten-free &#x2014; as well as nut-free, soy-free, and kosher &#x2014; our house-made pastries and specialty cakes are baked in a separate kitchen space that processes eggs, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, and wheat.</p><p><br></p><h3 id="what-about-allergens">What about allergens?</h3><p>Product-page descriptions of our chocolate bars, baking items, collaborator confections, and house-baked pastries include ingredient lists with allergy notes. Our single-origin chocolate bars and ingredient chocolate are nut-free, soy-free, dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, certified kosher, and made with organic, unrefined cane sugar. House-made pastries and cakes are baked &#x2014; and our caf&#xE9; beverages are prepared &#x2014; in separate kitchen spaces that process eggs, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, and wheat.</p><p>All of our confection items (such as truffles, caramels, boxed chocolate assortments, curated sets, and our Advent Calendar) may include treats that contain allergens, including dairy, gluten, nuts, and alcohol.</p>

Ingredients & Allergens

To preserve the freshness and flavor of our chocolate, store it in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight and strong odors. Avoid refrigeration, as moisture can affect the texture of the chocolate. Our Gâteaux Basques may be stored in the fridg

<p>To preserve the freshness and flavor of our chocolate, store it in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight and strong odors. Avoid refrigeration, as moisture can affect the texture of the chocolate.</p><p>Our G&#xE2;teaux Basques may be stored in the fridge for up to one week. Remove from the refrigerator half an hour before serving.</p>

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We are a small-batch business, and therefore exempt from having to include nutritional facts on our products. With our ever-changing inventory and new items being created constantly, it would be tough to keep up!. Our product teams have worked to cre

<p>We are a small-batch business, and therefore exempt from having to include nutritional facts on our products. With our ever-changing inventory and new items being created constantly, it would be tough to keep up!</p><p>Our product teams have worked to create estimated nutritional facts for select items. Please reach out to our Guest Care team for more information, at info@dandelionchocolate.com.</p>

Nutritional Information

Under California's Prop 65, we are required by law to warn you about the potential presence of cadmium in our products, even at very low concentrations. (For more information about this, please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov/food.). We test all of our

<p><br></p><p id="isPasted">Under California&apos;s Prop 65, we are required by law to warn you about the potential presence of cadmium in our products, even at very low concentrations. (For more information about this, please visit <a data-fr-linked="true" href="//www.P65Warnings.ca.gov/food">www.P65Warnings.ca.gov/food</a>.)</p><p>We test all of our beans and our chocolate for cadmium content to ensure that levels are quite low. Cadmium occurs naturally in cacao beans grown in newer soil (the trees take in various compounds from the soil, and when cadmium is in the soil, it is one of the compounds taken in); thus in some parts of the world, a degree of cadmium will often be present in beans. The amount of cadmium in our 100% bar will be slightly higher than in our other bars, as it contains no sugar. You will find more in-depth information <a href="https://blog.dandelionchocolate.com/2017/06/21/getting-a-little-husky/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here in our blog article</a>. You may also find <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2YU101IM1s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this video</a> interesting; it was created recently by our Bean Sourcerer, Greg.</p><p>We also test all of our cocoa beans for other heavy metals. We test for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, and several others. We have not found significant quantities of any metal in any of the beans we use.</p><p>The scientific research we have seen says that even at 1000 times the concentration found in cocoa beans, cadmium has not been shown to cause any ill effects on humans. This is our way of saying we would never sell a product we feel is unsafe; but we are required by CA law to let consumers know that the risk of cadmium in cocoa exists.</p><div class="fr-deletable gorgias-file-attachment__wrapper" contenteditable="false"><div><i class="material-icons">attach_file</i> <a class="gorgias-file-attachment__anchor-name" href="https://attachments.gorgias.help/Aa90l7EDGv2JWorj/hc/3RBN0xMENYx49GJP/2025041113-1c9a049a-c3c0-4d8f-b43d-75d6a6d1af1b-cadmium_lead%20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cadmium_Lead .pdf</a> <span class="gorgias-file-attachment__span-size">144.7KB</span></div><i class="material-icons gorgias-file-attachment__close-icon">close</i></div><p><br></p>

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We meet the growers at every origin we source from, and view their cultivation practices first-hand. Organic certification is extremely expensive (and is therefore cost-prohibitive for many smaller producers); and Fair Trade certification includes no

<div data-block="true" data-editor="788a" data-offset-key="bmnh2-0-0" id="isPasted"><p data-offset-key="bmnh2-0-0">We meet the growers at every origin we source from, and view their cultivation practices first-hand. Organic certification is extremely expensive (and is therefore cost-prohibitive for many smaller producers); and Fair Trade certification includes no bean-quality stipulations; so we are not typically concerned with growers&apos; certifications. We believe the burden of confirming that growers follow sound and sustainable practices rests with us, not with producers.</p></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="788a" data-offset-key="ft3sv-0-0"><p>Although the majority of our producing partners use farming practices that are technically organic, the <strong>origins that officially bear some form of organic certification are</strong>:</p></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="788a" data-offset-key="dv141-0-0"><p><strong>- Ambanja, Madagascar</strong></p></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="788a" data-offset-key="7j3q0-0-0"><p><strong>- Kokoa Kamili, Tanzania</strong></p></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="788a" data-offset-key="d623g-0-0"><p><strong>- Maya Mountain, Belize</strong></p></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="788a" data-offset-key="7pkop-0-0"><p><strong>- Zorzal Cacao, DR</strong></p></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="788a" data-offset-key="b624s-0-0"><p><br></p><p>In addition to the above, the following <strong>origins use no chemical pesticides or fertilizers</strong>:</p></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="788a" data-offset-key="dd4lt-0-0"><p><strong>- Anamalai, India</strong> (they use the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_natural_farming" rel="noopener noreferrer" style=" text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">Korean Natural Farming</a> system)&#xA0;</p><p><strong>- B&#x1EBF;n Tre, Vietnam</strong></p></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="788a" data-offset-key="eo3i9-0-0"><p><strong>- Camino Verde, Ecuador</strong></p><p><strong>- Costa Esmeraldas, Ecuador</strong></p><p><strong>- Cahab&#xF3;n, Guatemala</strong></p><p><strong>- Mililani, Hawai&apos;i</strong></p></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="788a" data-offset-key="9gtnl-0-0"><p data-offset-key="9gtnl-0-0"><strong>- Vale Potumuj&#xFA;, Brazil&#xA0;</strong></p><p data-offset-key="9gtnl-0-0"><strong>- Wampu, Honduras&#xA0;</strong></p><p data-offset-key="9gtnl-0-0"><br></p><p data-offset-key="9gtnl-0-0">NOTE: Although much of the cocoa we buy is indeed organic (whether certified or not), because our warehouse facilities and factory are not certified organic, we cannot legally label our bars as such. We hope this helps! Please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:info@dandelionchocolate.com">info@dandelionchocolate.com</a>, should you haver any questions.<strong>&#xA0;</strong></p></div>

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