Because consumers need transparency and are increasingly attentive to brands’ CSR commitments, manufacturers need to turn to trusted suppliers who can guarantee traceable, ethical and high-quality raw materials. If you’re looking for organic and Fair Trade dark chocolate, in the form of couverture, drops or sticks, and if you want to work with a supplier who specialises in chocolate and controls the entire chain (“tree to bar”), you’ve come to the right place!
Kaoka is the number one choice for organic and ethical couverture chocolate for food industry professionals.
Since 1993, organic and fair trade have been inextricably linked in Kaoka’s DNA. We are strongly convinced that our food must come from more sustainable agriculture, for the sake of both nature and human well-being. Together, these practices provide increasingly crucial food safety and ethical standards, both for professionals (artisans and industrials) as well as for consumers.
We are committed to a demanding and ethical approach to organic farming, in order to provide food manufacturers with a complete guarantee of quality, thanks to our control of the supply chain through integrated cocoa programs and the continuous control plan in place at every stage of production.
Kaoka offers a wide range of dark couverture chocolates. High-quality laboratory chocolates, certified organic and fair trade, which can meet all the needs of industrials: coating, moulding, ingredients, etc. The 10 dark chocolate references range from 58% to 80% cocoa.
Kaoka offers a range of dark chocolates:
- single origin Ecuador (3 chocolate references)
- single origin São Tomé (3 chocolate references)
- single origin Dominican Republic (2 chocolate references)
- blend cocoa from our own programs (2 chocolate references)
Some of these references are with or without lecithin:
- with lecithins: dark 70% Ecuador, dark 66% São Tomé, dark 64% São Tomé, dark 61% blend.
- lecithin-free: dark 80% Ecuador, dark 75% São Tomé, dark 72% Ecuador, dark 72% Dominican Republic, dark 58% Dominican Republic, dark 58% blend).
Available in 25kg bags.
To satisfy all the demands of the industrial sector, Kaoka also offers dark chocolate drops (chips) and chunks, as well as baker’s sticks.
- 60% cocoa dark chocolate drops with or without lecithins
- 50% cocoa dark chocolate chips without lecithins
- 60% dark chocolate chunks from São Tomé
- Baker’s sticks
Available in 25kg bags (except for baker’s sticks)
Since its creation, Kaoka has chosen to work directly with cocoa producers. It’s a choice that allows Kaoka to be sure of the quality of its cocoa, its origin and to control the supply.
Kaoka has constructed its own cocoa programs and sources its chocolates exclusively from these areas for the production of its chocolates. Thanks to this unique approach, Kaoka offers chocolates with intense flavours and aromas. Behind Kaoka® chocolates, there are 30 years of know-how, 30 years of experience in the plantations, close to the producers.
In a few words, Kaoka is 4 controlled and traced origins: Ecuador, Peru, Dominican Republic and Sao Tomé.
As cocoa enthusiasts, the team works in a constant quest for taste and excellence. Our years of experience have taught us that cocoa is a living product and that many factors influence its taste: terroir, variety, soil, climate and environment. This quest for taste guides every stage in the life of chocolate: varietal selection, harvesting the pods when ripe, mise en fermentation des fèves de cacao extra fraîches, precise, controlled fermentation and drying protocol, creating chocolate recipes, blending cocoa. Thanks to our mastery of the cocoa programs, nothing is left to chance.
local variety: Nacional cocoa
An endemic variety and part of the country’s heritage a grand cru cocoa with a rich aroma and characteristic floral and fruity flavours.
Trinitario cocoa: Smooth cocoa with fruity notes and a malty flavour.
Hispaniola cocoa (Trinitario): Typical of the Caribbean, this cocoa has a red fruit aroma and deliciously acidulous notes.
Cacao Amelonado (Forastero): Cocoa with very typical fruity and woody accents.
All Kaoka products are certified organic and Fair Trade by independent third-party organisations.
This is what allows Kaoka to offer a real guarantee to all professionals.
Kaoka’s cocoa production is certified organic (Europe / France) by Ecocert and complies with European organic regulations. This certification guarantees that your farming is environmentally friendly, preserves soil fertility and maintains biodiversity.
Kaoka products and cocoa programs are Fair for Life certified by Ecocert, which certifies Fair Trade products worldwide.
They are also certified Biopartenaire, the benchmark label for responsible organic farming.
Guaranteed deforestation-free chocolate
In additional to the commitments associated with organic certification, Kaoka ensures that the cocoa cultivation in its cocoa programs does not contribute to deforestation. This rule is integrated into its internal organic farming control system for each of its sectors. But this is not a condition included in the European Organic Regulation!
All our dark couverture chocolates are Kosher certified. If you would like to find out more or obtain the certificate, please contact us using the form below.
At Kaoka, we’ve been campaigning for organic and ethical chocolate since the company was founded. 100% of the products we offer to manufacturers are certified organic, have a fair trade label and are made in France. Our expertise in the art of adding value to cocoa beans means we can offer you aromatic chocolates with authentic flavours.
the best organic and fair-trade aromatic chocolate
the future of the cocoa industry with producers
a shared future with all our partners