Bean-to-Bar: A Unique Tasting Experience

Producing Bean-to-Bar chocolate means making it from cacao beans without any industrial intermediaries. These beans are carefully selected and delivered to the artisan so that production can begin from the raw material. It is therefore also a way to stand out and offer you a unique tasting experience.

We invite you to discover the 5 benefits of eating a Bean-to-Bar chocolate bar.

• Proximity By buying your chocolate bars from a Bean-to-Bar chocolatier, you can be sure of your artisan's expertise and you have precise knowledge of the product you choose: the chocolate is prepared and processed close to home.

• Transparency Eating Bean-to-Bar means knowing the exact origin of the raw materials used: As the beans are carefully selected, the artisan ensures that all information about them is made available to you. In addition to knowing the region of origin, you can discover the names of the cooperatives, families, and farmers who harvested and dried the cacao beans.

• Diversity of products and flavors The bean is chosen for its ability to awaken our senses, for this reason many factors are taken into account: from the producing country to the drying of the beans, as well as the type of tree grown alongside the cacao tree. Working in small quantities requires constant adaptation: from roasting to conching. This makes each bar unique and inimitable.

• Nutritional quality Working directly with the raw material makes it possible to truly identify the necessary ingredients: The recipe must be as simple as possible, with cacao from the bean making up the vast majority of the ingredients, of course. You will find no added lecithin, preservatives, or flavor enhancers.

• Develop your curiosity If you have not yet been convinced of the importance of supporting Bean-to-Bar chocolate producers, simply do it to satisfy your curiosity. Each bar is designed to transport you and your senses on a journey into the heart of cacao bean plantations. Eating Bean-to-Bar means (re)discovering the true taste of chocolate.

At Shoukâ

At Shoukâ, it is part of our values to work with cacao in a way that respects the protection and conservation of forests. That is why, with the help of our Silva Cacao sourcing partner, we obtain beans from agroforestry plantations where cacao trees grow in the shade of forest trees such as banana, coconut, or mango trees.

This helps ensure an ecological production system that is mostly organic or sustainable, and helps farmers increase biodiversity and prevent deforestation.

Did you know?

High-quality, premium cacao represents only 4.50% of the global market, and its price is in no way linked to the stock market. Paying a fair price for a product also ensures that producers are paid fairly and helps them continue to grow high-quality crops.