Original Beans Cru Virunga 70%
Original Beans Cru Virunga 70%
Weight: 70 g
Bean to Bar
Bean to Bar
Direct-Source Cacao
Direct Sourced
This bar is made with a unique cacao from a region in Eastern Congo. This cacao is grown around Virunga Park to protect the last mountain gorillas. These chocolate makers care as much about conservation as they do about chocolate. Every single bar we buy for you plants a tree in the rain forest. The flavor of this bar is sweet, deep cherry with hints of toasted almond and black tea.
Ingredients: cacao mass*, raw cane sugar*, cacao butter* (cacao 70% minimum)(*certified organic)
Certified EU Organic
EU Organic
Manufactured in a facility which also processes dairy
Trace Dairy
Peanut Free
Peanut Free
Soy Free
Soy Free
Manufactured in a facility which also processes treenuts
Trace Treenut
No animal products, and vegan sugar or alternative sweetener
Vegan+
Gluten Free
Gluten Free
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Maker
Original Beans Country
SwitzerlandCacao Origin
Congo
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Maker
Original BeansOriginal Beans is passionate about being actively involved in the conservation of their cacao sources from Congo to Bolivia. They pride themselves on an ethical direct trade of their beans to ensure cacao farmers can achieve a livable income. They currently support 175 farming families full time. Original Beans finds the world’s rarest cacao beans to transform their unique flavors into incredible chocolate. What makes Original Beans unique, are the world's 50 best chefs that come together and work in creating the best chocolate bars. Through Original Beans hard efforts, they have already preserved heirloom and regional cacao varieties from nearing extinction! It all started back in 2008 when Philipp Kauffmann pursued his dream in creating a 100% regenerative business that gives more to the Earth than it takes. Kauffmann is the 7th generation of recognized forest scientists and explorers. Original Beans wrappers are environmentally friendly, packaged with the first garden compostable foil, made of woodfoil and cardboard which reduces negative environmental impacts by 82%. Every single bar you buy plants a tree in the rainforest, following the "one bar one tree" creed, and have already grown over 2 million trees! One of their bars, Femme de Virguna planted a quarter of a million cacao trees, and ultimately saved Congo’s forest from utter destruction!
Cacao Region
Virunga, Democratic Republic of the CongoVirunga National Park is located in the Albertine Rift Valley in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1925 and is among the first protected areas in Africa. Most of the people living within the park rely upon tourism or agriculture to make a living, including those who farm cacao within its limits. Swiss chocolate maker Original Beans maintains a long-term partnership with thousands of farmers in this region, buying their organic-certified cacao with the return promise of sustainable cultivation within the Park.
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