What is Raw Chocolate?

Because of its raw processing, Natures Gold unique chocolate is divine to eat. It is not only richer and smoother than any other high quality gourmet chocolate bar, but it is also packed with organic raw superfoods!

• Raw Chocolate has up to 4x the antioxidants of normal chocolate.
• Sugar Free
• Dairy Free
• Organic and Fair Traded

Because it only very low heat and no roasting is used in processing, Natures Gold retains all the health benefits of the world’s number one superfood: raw organic cacao! It comes to you packed with antioxidants, vitamin C, seratonin and many other nutrients. You can finally throw out all your guilt around chocolate, because Nature's Gold is not only delicious, it's super healthy.

Combine this super health fact with the bliss, joy and aphrodisiac chemistry of raw organic chocolate and you have something truly unique and magical.

The History of Chocolate

Raw chocolate comes from the cacao seed. This seed comes from the fruit of an Amazonian tree that was brought to Central America during or before the time of the Olmecs. Cacao Beans were so revered by the Mayans and Aztecs that they used them as money!

In 1753 Carl von Linnaeus, the 18th-century Swedish scientist, thought that cacao was so important that he named the genus and species of this tree himself. He named this tree: Theobroma cacao, which literally means "Cacao, the food of the gods."

Cacao beans contain no sugar and between 12% and 50% fat depending on variety and growth conditions. NATURES GOLD cacao beans are around 40% fat content (low compared to other nuts). There is no evidence to implicate cacao bean consumption with obesity.

Cacao is actually one of the great weight loss foods because within its extraordinary nutrition profile it contains the minerals and molecules that shut off the appetite.

NATURES GOLD Cacao Beans and Cacao Nibs lead the world in Flavor, Quality, Quality Control, and Organic Standards for the following reasons:

* High Flavor, No Roasting: Because of the quality of the bean and of our processing, you get to enjoy a rich, raw chocolate flavor and aroma without roasting.

* Low Acidity: Our Cacao Beans have extremely low acid levels. Many other varieties have much higher levels of acidity.