Yachana Jungle Chocolate with Macadamia Nuts

During the March to July cacao harvest, Yachana Gourmet buys freshly picked cacao beans at a premium price from small family farms in the Ecuadorian Amazon. They carefully ferment the beans to bring out their rich chocolate taste. Then they sun dry, slowly roast, coarsely crack, and finally mix the beans with just a touch of sugar cane syrup. All natural ingredients Dairy Free/Vegan Ready to Eat Great for Hiking, Biking, and the active lifestyle Keeps the crunch, doesn't melt Delicious in desserts, ice cream, cereal, trail mix, etc. Yachana Gourmet's profits support the FUNEDESIN Foundation's education, health and rainforest conservation programs. Your purchase of Jungle Chocolate helps Yachana Gourmet: Increase small producers' incomes by cutting out exploitative middlemen and paying Fair Trade prices; Offer a secure and stable market on which local subsistence farmers can depend; Create a viable economic alternative to unsustainable land uses, such as unregulated logging, cattle ranching, and the cultivation of illicit crops. Provide technical assistance to enhance local productivity and competitiveness; and Support FUNEDESIN's rainforest conservation and sustainable development projects. Yachana Gourmet is enhancing the region's long-term ability to succeed economically while protecting its natural resources. Not only that, we think Jungle Chocolate is DELICIOUS! Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Macadamia Nuts, Sugar Cane Syrup