Dark Chocolate
- Grown by 724 family farmers on an average of 1.5 ha in the Plateaux Region in Togo
- Organic, non-irrigated, manually harvested and sorted, sun dried, transport: by lorry from decentralised warehouses to Lomé, by ship to Rotterdam
- Purchasing from cooperatives and family farmers straight from the farm since 2000
- Potential for improvement: Increase prices for family farmers, centralise fermentation, facilitate access to organic pesticides, improve working conditions in the field
Nutrition table per 100g | |
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Energy | 2419kJ/578kcal |
Fat | 43.6 g |
thereof saturated fatty acids | 26.8 g |
Carbohydrates | 35.5 g |
thereof sugar | 30.6 g |
Protein | 6.4 g |
Salt | 0 g |
Ingredients: Cocoa nibs from cocoa beans* (Togo)57%, raw cane sugar* (South America), cocoa butter from cocoa beans* (Dom. Republic).
Cocoa: at least 68%.
Allergy information: May contain traces of milk including lactose, almonds and hazelnuts.
*from controlled organic cultivation
KOMI DOH
FARMER FROM TOMEGBE TSIHI, TOGO
It's not easy to be dependent on nature.
"Agriculture gives me an income, plus I don't have to buy food!" Komi Doh has five hectares of land on which he grows cocoa and a variety of other foods. "My wife helps out and the farmhands put in a lot of work." One of his biggest challenges is drought: "If conditions are too dry, a lot of the seedlings die." Doh always looks forward to the harvest: "That's when I finally get to see the fruits of my labour. Still, I wouldn't mind having a better-paying job in addition to my work as a farmer, such as buying and selling building materials."