Our legacy grows with every bean we harvest
From Every Bean, a Lasting Legacy
Inspiring Quality through the Art of Cacao Sourcing.
Our start
Acquisition of a 25-hectares cacao farm in a highly productive area between Los Rios-Guayas province.
Opening
Opening of the first collection center for cacao beans
Innovation
Innovations in infrastructure in the post-harvest handling of cacao beans implemented in response to growing market demand.
Recrutment
Recruitment of 250 new farmers for special quality cacao beans production.
New protocol
New protocols to improve quality of dry cocoa beans and non-fermented cacao beans production.
Expansion
Expansion of installed capacity for production to 5,000 tons. 8 external bean dryer machines.
Implementation of the sustainability program with a baseline of 304 farmers.
We are part of Cocoa Horizon program by Barry Callebout
We added 130 new farmers to our baseline of the sustainability program
90,000 native trees were delivered to 500 producers in collaboration with an Ecuadorian chocolate industry.
We added 142 new farmers to our baseline of the sustainability program
We added 250 new producers to our sustainability program database.
Sustainability
We have launched entrepreneurship fairs for women who have developed businesses using cocoa by-products.
A total of 644 new farmers have been registered for integration into the sustainability program.
We are part of Cargil
Rainforest certified.
Officially Rainforest certified. Year 0.
Rainforest certified Year 1
Production of 8,000 tons of Rainforest certified Cocoa beans