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Know of High Quality Couvertures with Non-GMO Soy ?
Hello all,
This year (with many thanks to Clay for his guidance) the Good Food Awards will have a confections category, to be detailed in July.
I'm curious to hear what brands of couverture made anywhere in the world that meet these guidelines:
1) The chocolate does not contain:
- vegetable, palm or hydrogenated fats
- genetically modified (GMO) soy lecithin
2) The chocolate company makes an effort to understand cacao growing practices, work directly with their cacao farmers, and / or is from a Fair Trade or organic certified sources. (Note that the "or" makes this guideline more liberal than it may sound at first, given the nature of cacao farming.)
Subscribe to the GFA newsletter to hear when the entry period is open and I'll be sure to post here too.
Thanks for all your insight!
Susie
Tags: chocolate, confections
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Permalink Reply by Vera Hofman on
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Original Beans!!!! Two dark couvertures: Cru Virunga (DR Congo) and Piura Criollo (Peru). One milk: Esmeraldas (Ecuador). See www.originalbeans.com Feel free to contact me. Chocolove, Vera
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Permalink Reply by Clay Gordon on -
Vera:
As the Good Food Awards is a US competition - are the couvertures available in the US? And through whom?
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Permalink Reply by Shalini Latour on -
I would also like to know of good sources for this.
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Permalink Reply by Clay Gordon on
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Susie:
I believe that all of the couvertures produced by Cluizel are lecithin free and contain no non-cocoa fats and also does a good deal of direct sourcing. They don't (as far as I know) have any organic offerings nor offer any Fair Trade certified products.
I am going to think about putting together some sort of database on-line that ChocolateLife members can contribute to to answer this question.
:: Clay
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Permalink Reply by Paul Mosca on -
I think Guittard fits the requirement. They can provide a letter of statement if needed.
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Permalink Reply by Predrag Miladinovic on -
Cocoa Camino from Ottawa is a distributor of organic, fair trade couverture, which is also lecitin free. I work only with their couverture. You can also check Fair Trade websites for more supplieers.
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Permalink Reply by Thomas Snyder on -
The Santa Barbara Chocolate Company has Fair Trade, Organic, Non-GMO chocolate. I've been looking into organic certified chocolates for the retail outlet I have my chocolates at...
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