Cacao-Trace

Cacao-trace: great taste, doing good

Our Cacao-Trace Sustainable Cocoa program helps build a truly sustainable future for chocolate and cocoa-based products and everyone involved.

At Cacao-Trace, we master the fermentation process to ensure our chocolate and cocoa-based products have a GREAT TASTE. DOING GOOD is our focus so Cacao-Trace farmers benefit from the value they create.

Discover our Puratos Cacao-Trace story in the film produced by BBC StoryWorks .

We master the fermentation process to ensure our chocolate and cocoa-based products have a great taste

From carefully selecting quality wet beans to expert fermentation and efficient drying & roasting, we're committed to excellence at every step.

We select high-quality wet beans, pre-sorted & screened by Cacao-Trace certified farmers which leads to a Quality premium.

We build our own Post-Harvest Centers, with professional fermentation equipment with optimized wooden box fermenters, optimized process and train Cacao-Trace fermentation masters.

We also invest in efficient sun dryers and roasting equipment and define optimized processes managed by experts to deliver the highest quality cocoa beans.

Doing good is our focus so cacao-trace farmers benefit from the value they create

Our Cacao-Trace Sustainable Cocoa Program helps build a truly sustainable future for chocolate and cocoa-based products and everyone involved.

Farmers

Through our Quality Premium and Chocolate Bonus, we ensure our Cacao-Trace farmers enjoy better revenue, with an additional 2 to 5 months of income. Education is at the heart of our commitment. We support farmers' families by building schools, and creating the right educational environment. We also prioritize better health conditions with the construction of maternities and installations to ensure access to drinkable water.

The Planet

We support agroforestry and reforestation and work to reduce CO2 in cocoa farming.

Consumers

In line with consumers’ trends, we commit to offering them enjoyment with peace of mind.

Customers

We offer better, sustainable business to leverage on, thanks to a superior taste, and a tangible impact.

Puratos UK trip to the Ivory Coast in 2024

During October, our team at Henley Bridge Ingredients, and the Puratos team, visited the Ivory Coast to discover more about the Cacao-Trace programme and to see the positive impact it’s having on farming communities.

Throughout the plantations that we visited, the positive changes of the Cacao-Trace programme were evident from the standards of the farming landscape to the education that the programme is providing to the farming community. Thanks to the Cacao-Trace programme more villages have access to schools, nearby water towers and maternity centres. However, around the cocoa growing region, there are still villages which do not have access to these things that we consider life essentials. It has proved that the food industry has a lot more to do to provide better quality of lives for people, to continually build a better planet, and to create better prosperity in the lives of so many people and families.

Stephen Russell, Marketing Manager at Henley Bridge Ingredients tells us more about the visit to the Ivory Coast.

"One of the most enlightening parts of our trip was meeting the team from Puratos West Africa. Whilst in the Ivory Coast, one of our guides was Jean. Jean's father was a cocoa farmer, and he grew up on the plantation, which his family still owns and runs today. At the age of six, Jean left his family to live with his uncle and continue his education.

Jean now works for Puratos West Africa, specifically with the Cacao-Trace programme, to improve the quality of cacao and the lives of the farmers and villagers. Hearing Jean’s story, understanding the sacrifices he and his family made, and seeing how he is now working to help his people and community was truly touching.

Not everyone will have the same opportunity that Jean did, which highlights the importance of the Cacao-Trace programme in building schools and ensuring all children receive a basic education.

For all the guides we met, you could see and feel how proud they were of their roots and the work they were doing with the Cacao-Trace pgoramme to improve the lives of their people.

Discover the Cacao-Trace range

Join the cacao-trace community

Join us in our mission to create a truly sustainable future for the cocoa chain. Discover the positive impact you can have on the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and our planet by choosing Cacao-Trace. Our Cacao-Trace chocolate and cocoa-based collection consists of Belcolade, Carat, and Chocolanté, which offer you the finest quality and the best workability for every imaginable application. Contact us to explore our chocolate and cocoa-based products.