ChoViva: A delight that surprises

We live and love the taste of chocolate. But we also love moments that truly excite. That’s why we asked ourselves: how can every bite become a real WOW experience?

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 ground sunflower seeds - ingredients sourced from Eastern Europe. Every bite surprises – and that’s just one of the great things about ChoViva.

woman looks surprised because ChoViva tastes like chocolate

4 reasons ChoViva is nothing but WOW

Delicious taste

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

Future-proof supply chain

We use sunflower seeds from Eastern Europe instead of cocoa to create our chocolaty flavor.

Quality ingredients*

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

Vegan options

Eat the way you want – ChoViva makes it deliciously easy.

*Minimum 20% ground sunflower seeds, plant-based fats, sugar, either milk powder or sunflower seed flour (vegan version)

What?

What is ChoViva?

ChoViva is the world’s first chocolate alternative made entirely without cocoa beans – a true WOW for all chocolate lovers. Instead of cocoa from the tropics, it contains ground sunflower seeds grown in Europe. The result is a surprisingly chocolatey taste experience that surprises you in every bite.

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 sunflower seeds - voilà, ChoViva (ok, it wasn't that simple).

Why?

What is the math behind ChoViva?

ChoViva is made with ground sunflower seeds. Thanks to their shorter supply chains and the fact that their cultivation avoids deforestation, ChoViva Milk achieves an 73.6% lower carbon footprint compared to regular milk chocolate.* *Evaluations according to inoqo, as of 01/2026 (ChoViva milk recipe: 2.8 kg CO₂e/kg. Milk chocolate 10.6 kg CO₂e/kg) https://www.inoqo.com/research-methodology

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: minimum 20% ground sunflower seeds, plant-based fats, sugar, either milk powder or sunflower seed flour (vegan version)

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! 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% ground sunflower seeds

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.