ChoViva: WOW for people and the planet

We live and love the taste of chocolate. We also love our planet and advocate for sustainable resource management. And one question in particular is always on our minds: How can we combine these two worlds to create a luscious chocolate delight that is also eco-friendly?

Incredibly delicious – no ifs or buts

No chocolate. No kidding.

ChoViva is a brand new, chocolatey taste experience. Just entirely without cocoa beans, but with sunflower seeds - ingredients that grow right here on our doorstep. And that is only one of the great things about ChoViva.

woman looks surprised because ChoViva tastes like chocolate

6 reasons ChoViva is nothing but WOW

Delicious taste

Yummy, smooth and oh so chocolatey, makes even picky chocoholics happy

100% natural ingredients

No frills, no additives, no flavour enhancers, no preservatives – just a few simple but high-grade basics

Around 80% less CO₂- emission*

Short distances, local farming and production help us create a lean carbon footprint

Up to 94% less water use

Our crops are harvested sustainably and responsibly to save resources because every drop counts

Short supply chains

Grow, manufacture, deliver, indulge – we cut emmisions by taking the shortest way to you

Avoidance of deforestation

No to cocoa means avoiding tropical rainforest clearing, which reduces the devastating loss of biodiversity

*ChoViva milk: 2.3 kg CO₂ e per kg (Carbon Cloud); chocolate: 13.8 kg CO₂ e per kg (Carbon Cloud)

What?

What is ChoViva?

ChoViva is the world’s first cocoa-free chocolate alternative, made with locally sourced crops that don’t need tropical climate to thrive like cocoa trees do.

Secret

What’s the secret behind ChoViva?

We are passionate about chocolate, and we've developed a deep knowledge of its history and production in order to understand what’s behind the unique spectrum of flavours. Here’s what we’ve found out: It’s not about the cocoa-beans, but about the way they are treated during the manufacturing process. 80% of the typical chocolatey aromas develop during fermentation and roasting. We’ve adapted this insight to regional sources – voilà, ChoViva (ok, it wasn't that simple).

Why?

Why is ChoViva more sustainable than chocolate?

ChoViva is made with sunflower seeds. Shorter supply chains and the avoidance of deforestation, among other things, contribute to an around 80% lower carbon footprint compared to chocolate. ChoViva's milk recipe, for example, has a climate footprint of 2.3 kg CO2e/kg*. The comparative value of chocolate that is available to us is 13.8 kg CO2e/kg*.

Taste

How does ChoViva taste?

Simply WOW! ChoViva looks like chocolate and tastes like it: incredibly yummy, creamy, tender and velvety. The special manufacturing process unlocks a typical chocolatey character, garnished with fine notes of roasted aromas. ChoViva is made with 100% natural ingredients.

Chocolate is irreplaceable.But there’s an alternative.

To us, ChoViva is not a replacement for chocolate - it’s an alternative ingredient that is also surprisingly versatile! It paves the way for a more planet-friendly manufacturing. Thanks to its innovative and patented recipe, it can be used just like conventional chocolate. That means the ChoViva range is constantly being expanded on with new awesome creations.

Packed with only the good stuff

ChoViva is made with

minimum 20% sunflower seeds

sustainable plant-based fats

sugar

either milk powder or sunflower seed flour (vegan version)

ChoViva in the making

It all starts with some simple, natural, high-grade ingredients: sunflower seeds, sugar, and plant-based fats.

Our sunflower seeds pass an innovative fermentation-like process based on ancient beer brewing technology; afterwards, the crops are gently roasted.

The roasted ingredients are ground into a concentrate that comes quite close to cocoa powder: rich in flavours and full of typical chocolatey aromas.

We mix the ChoViva concentrate with more ingredients, grind the mass again (and again), add plant-based fats and conche the mix to finally get the perfect creamy and smooth texture. Now, ChoViva is ready to be further processed just like conventional chocolate.

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