Fine Colombian chocolate, from bean to bar
Santander Cacao Company
From bean to bar
We source fine-flavor cacao from growers and producer associations in Santander and transform it into chocolate and cacao ingredients at FDA-registered partner facilities, to our own formulas and quality control, under current food-safety regulations. Every lot is traceable from origin to finished product.
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Controlled roasting to develop aroma
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Selection of fermented, dried beans from Santander growers
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Winnowing and grinding
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Refining, conching and tempering
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Packaging and domestic and international shipping
What sets us apart
True bean-to-bar
Our chocolate is made from the cacao bean, to our own formulas. We do not repackage third-party chocolate.
Origin and traceability
Colombian fine-flavor cacao sourced from growers and producer associations, traceable lot by lot from origin.
Colombian origin
Made from the bean
Quality controlled
Portfolio
Chocolate, cacao ingredients and beans
Fine chocolate bars
Five intensities, each with its own profile: 63% Smooth & balanced · 70% Classic bean-to-bar · 75% Intense & complex · 80% For connoisseurs · 100% Pure cacao, no sugar. Available in 1.76 oz (50 g) and 2.82 oz (80 g).
Cacao ingredients
Roasted cacao nibs and natural cocoa powder in 15.9 oz (450 g) bags. 100% cacao liquor in blocks for professional and industrial use. For food manufacturers, professional bakeries and distributors.
Specialty low-cadmium cacao beans
Fermented, dried cacao beans with low cadmium content verified by laboratory analysis on every lot. For international chocolate manufacturers that must meet strict heavy-metal limits. Export only.
Origin and people
Quality chocolate starts on the farm. We work with growers and producer associations in Santander and document their work through “Faces of Cacao”, a project that puts a name and a face to the people who grow our cacao. We are also developing our own farm, with cacao already planted, as a future source of supply.
Chocolate intensities
Of our own cacao planted
Active INVIMA sanitary notifications
What they say
Our clients
