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Dark Chocolate
Organic
Togo
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Use & preparation
- The chocolate drops are the perfect size for baking.
- Try this recipe for almond slices with dark chocolate or enjoy your own chocolate-hazelnut spread for breakfast.
- The best way to melt chocolate is in a bain-marie. To do this, place a heatproof bowl with the chocolate drops over hot (not boiling) water and stir until they have melted. Alternatively, you can carefully pour the hot water directly over the chocolate and then pour it away again as soon as the drops have melted.
Storage & shelf life
| Nutrition table per 100g | |
|---|---|
| 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
Sustainability and supply chain
Transport: by lorry from decentralised warehouses to Lomé, by ship to Rotterdam, by lorry to Switzerland.
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."
Background
Chocolate has a problem
Most people who produce cocoa don't earn enough to live on. They lack access to clean drinking water, medical care and education. To escape poverty, they clear woodland to create more arable land or use highly toxic pesticides. Some also put their children to work in the fields because they can't afford to hire harvest workers. It can't go on like this!
