Uncommon Cacao Source + Trade is the world’s trusted cacao supply chain partner, delivering premium quality, transparently sourced cacao. They work directly with cacao farmers and responsible exporters globally to consistently guarantee delivery of the highest quality cacao beans. Together, they are building a transparent supply chain that drives maximum value to farmers, and creates meaningful impact for communities at origin.

Uncommon Cacao started its work in 2010, building Maya Mountain Cacao in Belize to create meaningful market access for smallholder cacao farmers. After catalyzing unparalleled impact for farmer families in the country, and receiving enormous demand for their product and process, in 2013 Uncommon Cacao founded Cacao Verapaz in Guatemala. These companies have revolutionized local economies by linking small holder farmers to the specialty cacao industry, through a focus on consistently delivering quality beans.

Today, with growing demand for their cacao, Uncommon Cacao is growing further into the supply chain to drive maximum value to producer groups at origin. Uncommon Cacao Source + Trade enables them to collaborate with more producer groups on delivering the highest quality cacaos, and provide added-value sourcing services to craft chocolate makers and chocolatiers globally. Together, we can build a more fair and sustainable specialty cacao supply chain.

Impact

Uncommon Cacao offers producers access to stable, transparent and high value markets with the ability to participate in informed, annual price negotiations. This is supported through an annual Impact Report in which they publish pricing across the Uncommon Cacao supply chain. Uncommon Cacao provides clear quality standards, and direction on quality processing and protocols. Uncommon Cacao additionally offers access to trade finance, working capital, and logistics and insurance for international shipping.

Through their collaboration with The Cacao Farmer Fund, a non-profit committed to supporting cacao farmers globally, they facilitate technical support, and collaboration opportunities with local non-profits, to improve the lives of cacao farmers through projects on quality, yields and productivity.