I was planning on writing about the Seeds of Change 61% La Dominicana bar I snagged at Green Festival last year, but it looks like the company removed it from their line up. Too bad – it was fudgy and with an orange flavor, like a richer chocolate orange. The ingredients were chocolate*, sugar*, cocoa butter*, milk fat, soy lecithin, and natural flavor* (* meaning organic), so I’m guessing the “natural flavor” was orange. I wonder why they didn’t specify.
Anyway, some of the other bars look interesting, but they all appear to contain bits of fruit or nuts, unlike that rich, chocolatey, orangey bar… I guess there’s the Narrangasett bar, which has chocolate with orange essence, candied pecans, cranberries, and cinnamon – sounds like a good combination.
Seeds of Change has been selling organic food since 1989, with a focus on sustainability – they contribute 1% of net revenues to advance organic farming and biodiversity. Their cacao beans are supplied by the National Confederation of Dominican Cocoa Growers, Inc., the largest confederation of organic cocoa growers in the Dominican Republic (accounting for 15% of growers in the country). Seeds of Change, along with Conservation International, an organization interested in sustainability, is working with farmers in the Dominican Republic and in Brazil to help them increase profits by using sustainable practices and improving product quality, among other goals. More info can be found on the site.
I’ll have to try one of the bars currently offered by Seeds of Change (and avoid slacking off on posting about them, in case they change their offerings again).
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