Organic raw cacao powder (Nacional variety)
Organic, fair-trade raw cacao powder from unroasted Nacional beans grown in Esmeraldas (Ecuador), cold-defatted in France. Floral and fruity notes. 200 g or 1 kg bag.
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ORGANIC raw cacao powder - Nacional variety
(available in 200g or 1kg bags)
The cacao powder we offer you is made by hand from cacao beans of the Nacional variety from Ecuador.
The powder results from separating out the cocoa butter present in the cacao beans. This process is carried out by our supplier by hand in France and cold, in order to preserve the aromas of raw cacao.
🤎 The beans used are unroasted and come from cacao trees of the Nacional variety from the Ecuadorian forest of Esmeraldas. This area has been planted very little with Trinitario cacao trees (hybrid species between the Nacional and Criollo varieties), so pure Nacional cacao is found there.It is a cacao much appreciated for its fragrant floral and fruity aroma. Nacional cacao is not widespread (it is estimated at 2% of world production); it has floral notes of jasmine and orange blossom, which makes it particularly interesting.
It also has a very characteristic taste known as the "arriba" taste, which reveals subtle notes of wood, earth and ash… 🤎 This raw cacao powder can be used in various sweet and savoury preparations. Whether in pastries, savoury dishes or drinks, it will bring a unique richness of taste and aroma. For example, you can sprinkle the powder over a bowl of muesli or over vegetables, or dilute it in a dip for raw vegetables, or blend it with fruit or nuts to create a smoothie bowl, or simply add it to your plant milks and hot drinks.
🤎 You will find various recipes using cacao on our blog:
Raw cacao yoghurt
Vegan chocolate mousse
Raw cacao and barley grass brownie
Composition of raw cacao
- Theobromine
Raw cacao naturally contains theobromine (a molecule also found in maté and guarana). For this reason, raw cacao is not recommended for young children.
How to use cacao powder?
Our supplier: SolAlter
SolAlter, a member of MINGA, an association for the development of a Fair Economy, was created to take part in a change in trading practices. It is not simply a matter of paying producers in the South more, but of building lasting relationships based on trust built through communication and time.
Its founder and director Tomas Landazuri explains, in the lines that follow, the reasons behind the existence of SolAlter:
" Born in Ecuador and the product of migration from the Andean countryside to the capital, I have always been confronted with the huge social differences of a South American capital. These differences are often accepted as coming from "fate".
Wanting to discover other ways of life, I went for a few years to Brazil, France and then Belgium. Encounters, discussions, reading and exchanges shaped my point of view on "fate": "disadvantaged" people are, for the most part, not so by chance. Their situation is the result of a long history in which certain groups of people conquered and kept abusive economic power. This reality is stronger in third-world countries, as is the case in Ecuador, where 40% of the population lives below the poverty line.
I managed to study at university in France. I obtained an engineering degree in food industries. My professional experience took place in various companies in Ecuador, France and Belgium. I was a researcher in the laboratory of a Belgian group manufacturing ingredients for the food industry. For five years I was immersed in this environment. I saw up close the tactics of the big manufacturers to increase their profits: the race to cut production costs, at the risk of sacrificing product quality, or even the long-term health of the consumer. This was always accompanied by carefully calculated marketing tactics to "seduce the consumer". After this experience I understood that when all of a company's efforts are directed towards profit, the human being remains a production tool. This is a source of political, economic, social, environmental and even nutritional imbalance.
So I moved to the INBP (Institut National de la Boulangerie) in France, where my position as project officer allowed me to develop projects to defend the interests of artisan bakers. At that time, the creation of SolAlter was inevitable. I left that institution to devote myself fully to this project."
SolAlter also adheres to the SPP system (Small Producers' Symbol), which is a demanding guarantee of Small Producers' Fair Trade. 100% of the cacao bought by SolAlter is guaranteed by the SPP.
Best before: 30/03/2028
Ingredients : Raw cacao beans from organic farming, unroasted
Packaging: Resealable bag of 200g or 1kg
Sustainable, recycled packaging certified "Plastic neutral by CSR"
Store away from moisture
| Average nutritional values | 100 g |
| Energy value
Energy |
450 kcal
1889 kJ |
| Fat of which saturates: |
15 g 8 g |
| Carbohydrate of which sugars |
46.6 g (of which sugar 2 g) |
| Protein | 25.8 g |
| Salt | 0.03 g |
The documents that back up what we write about this product. Every document is dated; we remove those that are no longer valid.
Biovie organic certificate
Valid until 31/03/2027SolAlter organic certificate
Valid until 31/03/2027Wondering… ?
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