Is Your Chocolate Organic / Fair Trade?Updated 19 days ago

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' certifications. We believe the burden of confirming that growers follow sound and sustainable practices rests with us, not with producers.

Although the majority of our producing partners use farming practices that are technically organic, the origins that officially bear some form of organic certification are:

- Ambanja, Madagascar

- Kokoa Kamili, Tanzania

- Maya Mountain, Belize

- Zorzal Cacao, DR

In addition to the above, the following origins use no chemical pesticides or fertilizers:

- Anamalai, India (they use the Korean Natural Farming system) 

- Bến Tre, Vietnam

- Camino Verde, Ecuador

- Costa Esmeraldas, Ecuador

- Cahabón, Guatemala

- Mililani, Hawai'i

- Vale Potumujú, Brazil 

- Wampu, Honduras 

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 [email protected], should you haver any questions.