Cacao

It takes 2.5 - 3 pounds of beans to make just one pound of cocoa butter. Most cocoa butter is extracted at high heat, sometimes using solvents, thus destroying the Vitamin E content and often has pesticide residue, but not ours! (It's certified organic AND Australian Customs regularly test it on import). Cacao Butter is the edible natural fat of the chocolate bean, cold pressed to retain its...

Theobroma cacao literally means "Food of the Gods". Chocolate has 400 distinct flavour compounds – that's 200% more than any other food !! The exotic flavoured ‘criollo' variety represents only 1% of world production and is usually the highest priced in international commodity markets. Cacao beans are the seeds of an Amazonian fruiting tree and source of all chocolate and cocoa products. Our...