FAQs
U Chocolate is made out of maximum three ingredients: cacao, coconut sugar and hints of coffee or ginger. And all these ingredients are 100% organic. Only the best chocolate can be made with the best ingredients.
Other chocolatiers pride themselves for being “bean-to-bar”. This means they source beans and make chocolate from them. At U Chocolate, we plant our fine aroma cacao trees, harvest the fruit and create cacao products all at Hacienda Umbelina. This means we can guarantee the best quality by having total control on your cacao’s journey from “tree-to-you”.
Our chocolate products are crafted, not massively produced. We don’t use lecithin or other preserving agents like other industrial brands, so our chocolate can show its natural imperfections like white cocoa butter spots or marbling.
For the best experience, aim to use as little water as possible with both our Nespresso® machine-compatible pods and K-Cups® brewers-compatible pods to achieve a more concentrated drink. It should be creamy, not watered down. However, try it whichever way you like! With sugar, with milk, in your coffee…
– U Chocolate bars: keep in a cool and dry place, and avoid temperatures above 69 ºF (20 ºC).
– U Chocolate pods: keep in a cool and dry place, and avoid temperatures above 95 ºF (35 ºC) to avoid possible melting issues that could interfere with infusion.
All our U Chocolate products are available nation-wide on our web store.
Yes! Our products have maximum three ingredients: cacao, coconut sugar, and some varieties have either coffee or ginger. All our products are also organic, which means we don’t use harmful pesticides, protecting ladybugs, bees, and other insects that help pollinate our crops.
Yes! They are entirely plant-based and only contain three products at most: cacao, coconut sugar extracted from coconut flowers, and either coffee or ginger. All these products were available to our early ancestors before farming appeared.
You can buy U Chocolate products on our web store. We have several products to choose from:
- U Chocolate bars: organic dark chocolate bars with a variety of flavors
- U Chocolate K-Cups®*: compatible with Keurig®* brewers
- U Chocolate Pods: compatible with Nespresso®* machines
- Discover our Universe: an immersive virtual cacao tasting kit to go on an adventure to experience chocolate like never before. Coming soon!
- Orders are shipped by DHL Max in 2-3 business days. Tracking information will be sent to you once your order has been shipped so you can check it on the DHL website. cacao tasting kit to go on an adventure to experience chocolate like never before. Coming soon!
If you’re passionate about chocolate and would like to be part of this revolution, send us a message via the Contact form on this page, and we’ll get in touch if we have any openings that fit your profile!
Three reasons: products, proximity and process.
– Products: We only use quality products to create our recipes: our own cacao, natural spices and organic coconut sugar. Unlike the chocolate industry does, we use unrefined coconut sugar which has a lower glycemic index, making it a great alternative.
– Proximity: Thanks to the fact that we’re one of the world’s only chocolate farm-factory, we can ensure that we use the freshest cacao of the crop to make U Chocolate products.
– Process: We have perfected our agricultural and production process to maintain our cacao’s natural integrity, not only in flavor, but also in preserving as much as possible its antioxidant properties which would otherwise be lost due to oxidation or excessive heat.
Since we grow all our cacao, there’s no need to outsource to producers from other regions. At Hacienda Umbelina, we’ve recovered native and wild varieties from the Amazon and Andes and mix them with our fine aroma varieties to create distinct blends that boost our cacao’s natural flavors.
Our Mocha Ceremony pods are the only ones that contain caffeine (about Xmg per Yml). It also contains theobromine, as do our Cacao Ceremony and Ginger Ceremony pods, a natural occuring stimulant in chocolate which is similar to caffeine, but milder in its effects on the body.
– U Chocolate Bars: our bars are packaged in a biofilm plastic, that can be thrown in the compostable garbage bin, and paper-based pouches and boxes that can be recycled along with paper.
– U Chocolate Nespresso® machine-compatible pods: our bioplastic pods are compostable. Remove aluminium lid before composting.
– U Chocolate K-Cups® brewers-compatible pods: our pods can be recycled along with plastic items. natural occuring stimulant in chocolate which is similar to caffeine, but milder in its effects on the body.
Our nutritional facts are located on the packaging and they are also linked on each product page, under ingredients.
No. We carry out periodic analyses on our soil and products to make sure that U Chocolate is safe and free from any heavy metals.
No, none of our products contain nuts. Our facilities are entirely free from major allergen ingredients so that everyone can enjoy U Chocolate.
No. Our products only have maximum three ingredients: cacao, coconut sugar, and either coffee or ginger.
No. Most chocolate products out there contain soy lecithin, but U Chocolate products are entirely free from it and other major food allergens.
Yes. Our products only have maximum three ingredients: cacao, coconut sugar, and either coffee or ginger, so no gluten at all.