100% Cocoa Organic Dark Chocolate

ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND FAIR TRADE.
Eatatica Chocolate 100% cocoa from Peru. A dark chocolate with cocoa of 100% pure origin. Zero sugar. 100% recyclable sustainable packaging

It is an organic dark chocolate with 100% cocoa from Peru, with an intense flavor and fruity notes and comes from organic and fair trade farming. This cocoa is produced by the Alto Urubumba Fair Trade organization and also processed in Peru by Norandino.

With the purchase of this tablet you are helping to transform the lives of 1,000 families from the Norandino and Alto Urubamba cooperatives in Peru.

Producers in the region have worked to preserve native varieties in danger of extinction due to the rapid expansion of hybrid varieties.

Furthermore, thanks to the support of small rural producers committed to the environment, we protect animals such as the Andean bear.

Benefits of good organic cocoa Cocoa is a source of fiber (provides 33 g/100 g) and contains vitamins B2 and B3, as well as minerals such as iron, zinc, magnesium and phosphorus.

It also contains other non-nutritive compounds, such as caffeine and theobromine, which have a stimulating effect on the central nervous system.

More benefits for producing communities.

Cocoa is currently a very valuable product and subject to large speculative movements in the market.

Approximately 50 million people around the world depend directly and indirectly on cocoa cultivation and the majority live in very precarious conditions, due to the imbalance that exists in the control of the different phases of cocoa production (harvesting, cocoa grinding and chocolate manufacturing). ).

Fair Trade, by guaranteeing fair remuneration and not subject to the market and a premium, gives small producers greater autonomy and development capacity, but Ethiquable and Ideas went further with this new project that comes to life in eathica chocolates:

  - Control by the group of producers over the fermentation and drying of cocoa beans is guaranteed and investment is made so that the transformation of the beans into cocoa paste is carried out at origin, by these same producers. Something that does not exist in the cocoa sector, as conventional practice is to export untreated cocoa beans.

  - It built its own factory to manufacture the tablets in a rural area of ​​France. Cocoa polyphenols contribute to modifying the intestinal flora, increasing beneficial bacteria, such as bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, and decreasing the presence of bacteroids, clostridia and staphylococci, which are behind the development of obesity and cardiovascular diseases.

Polyphenols strengthen the immune system, which in turn has an impact on preventing diabetes and pathologies related to neurodegenerative processes.

There is scientific research in which it is proven that flavonoids can have a positive effect on factors that affect cardiovascular health: they help restore the flexibility of arteries and prevent leukocytes from adhering to the walls of blood vessels, thus playing a preventive role. in atherosclerosis.

After 2 hours of consumption, the flavonoids in dark chocolate produce vasodilation and reduce platelet adhesion, helping to prevent thrombosis problems. (*source: OCU study “Superfoods”)

INGREDIENTS: Cocoa paste 97%, cocoa butter 3%.

FR-BIO-01 Agriculture outside the EU

* Organic Farming