UP-UP Gingerbread is a milk chocolate Single Estate 35% cacao content made with fine flavour cocoa beans with ground ginger and cinnamon, that surprises our senses with each bite. With their warmth, the woody and spicy notes of ginger and cinnamon create the perfect balance with the creaminess and the cocoa flavours for the perfect indulgence.
Grown on a single-estate, this chocolate from Up-Up is 100% traceable and the first "certified slave free chocolate" (see more below).
El Rosario farm is in Necoclí, a town in Antioquia, Colombia. It’s located on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Urabá. Before cacao, El Rosario was a cattle ranch on almost 500 acres. It managed 500 cows, and only needed four to six employees to function. Going from cattle to cocoa planting meant a considerable change. There were no longer a just few ranch hands, more and more hands were needed. The initial 400 hectares of cocoa ended up generating more than 250 jobs. The change brought better income and higher quality of life. El Rosario is an example of the impact chocolate can have on communities, and how chocolate crafted at origin can create value.
Product Details:
- 4.6oz / 130g
- Grown in Colombia. Made in the UK.
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About Up-Up Chocolate:
Made in the UK, Up-Up Chocolate is the first "certified slave free chocolate". There are other brilliant brands working towards a slave free chocolate industry, but they weren’t using cocoa that was truly certified as slave free. So they set out to find a certification that would hold themselves and others accountable. Together with slavefreetrade, they've established a rigorous program that vets their plantation, the processing site and the factory quarterly. So they know exactly who is growing, processing and making their chocolates. And that's how you do transparency and traceability 👏