Enlightened Trade

As a consumer, you should know that through out history, most of the cacao beans grown in the world have been exported away from the origin countries. Cacao was grown in Latin America , Africa , and Asia , and then sent to Europe and the U.S. - thus the reputation of chocolate coming from Belgium and Switzerland was created when indeed the true origin of cacao is +/- 20 degrees of the equator.

sweetriot worked very hard to find a partner in Latin America rather than in Europe and North America . We believe in having a direct connection with the cacao countries where beans are grown and where farmers are creating their livelihoods. Furthermore, we want to take it a step beyond fair trade — we want to create opportunities not only farmers and fair bean pricing but also for the production of product in the country of origin. There is a new term coming about called equitrade and we're part of it!

We have worked with TransFair (The Fair Trade certifying body) since our inception, and thank Paul Rice, the Founder of TransFair USA , for his vision and support through out our start up process. Although our product is not yet certified, we are working with our partner in South America to complete the fair trade (Fair Trade) certification process.