To'ak Chocolate

[4] To’ak's chocolate bars are produced from the Nacional variety of cocoa bean, which was thought to be extinct by some experts.

[7][8][9][10] The chocolate bar is composed entirely of the Nacional cocoa bean, with a small amount of added cane sugar.

[13][14] To’ak and the rainforest conservation organization TMA (Third Millennium Alliance) jointly manage a regenerative cacao project in coastal Ecuador, specifically with the agricultural communities that surround the Jama-Coaque Ecological Reserve.

TMA provides local farmers with start-up capital, seedlings, irrigation equipment, and financial incentives to convert deforested land into regenerative forests.

The program is financed by carbon offset revenue, which provides bridge income to the farmers for the first five years, before the cacao trees reach productive age.