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 Europe. Every bite surprises – and that’s just 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*

The shorter supply chains of our sunflower seeds and the fact that their cultivation avoids deforestation result in a smaller CO₂ footprint compared to cocoa.*

Short supply chains

We use ground sunflower seeds from Europe - meaning shorter transport distances compared to cocoa, which usually comes from tropical regions

Avoidance of deforestation

By using sunflower seeds, we avoid clearing tropical rainforests linked to cocoa.

Vegan options

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

*ChoViva milk: 2.3 kg CO₂ e per kg (Carbon Cloud); chocolate: 13.6 kg CO₂ e per kg (Carbon Cloud)

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 regional sources – voilà, ChoViva (ok, it wasn't that simple).

Why?

Why is ChoViva more sustainable than chocolate?

ChoViva is made with ground sunflower seeds. Thanks to the shorter supply chains of the sunflower seeds and the fact that their cultivation avoids deforestation, ChoViva achieves an approximately 80% lower carbon footprint compared to cocoa. ChoViva's milk recipe, for example, has a climate footprint of 2.3 kg CO₂e/kg*. The comparative value for chocolate available to us is 13.6 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! 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

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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