The Hidden Cost of Cheap Chocolate
Big brands have lost the plot.
After spending many years in Guatemala, where cacao has been grown and honored for more than 4,000 years, we believe cacao as we know it in the Western world has drifted far from its original form. With big chocolate brands replacing cacao with lab-grown substitutes, sugar, and artificial flavors, the real tradition of this ancient practice is getting lost.
At the same time, many cacao farmers receive only a small fraction of the final value of the products sold around the world. The people who do the work of cultivating, harvesting, fermenting, and drying the cacao, while keeping the wisdom and tradition alive, are often the ones who benefit the least from its success.
That's why Volcano Spirit Cacao was born, to bring cacao back to its roots.
35%Min. cocoa solids to legally be "dark chocolate" in the EU/UK
<7%Of a chocolate bar's price that reaches the farmer