Our Essential Ingredient
Callebaut Chocolate supports cocoa farmers and sustainable cocoa cultivation through their Growing Great Chocolate program by:
- Growing cocoa quality: supporting the cooperatives in the program and their member farmers in growing more and better quality cocoa beans and ensuring future crops.
- Growing farmer income through direct partnerships with cooperatives of cocoa farmers, and by guaranteeing a fair price for the cocoa beans, thereby contributing to a better income for cocoa farmers.
- Growing quality of life: Callebaut® engages in improving livelihoods for cocoa farmer families and their access to education, health care and clean water.
(Source: http://www.callebaut.com/usen/growing-great-chocolate/great-cocoa-for-tomorrow)
Dedicated expertise from bean to chocolate:
- in local selection and sourcing cocoa beans,
- in blending and roasting the beans, and
- in refining and conching the chocolate.
Which gives the perfect end result: the finest Belgian chocolate with great taste!
