Alt-chocolate success
UK food tech start-up WNWN Food Labs has developed what it claims is the world’s first cacao-free chocolate, designed to address ‘critical’ problems in traditional chocolate supply chains. By eliminating cacao, the company says the product is child/slave labour-free, deforestation-free, palm oil-free, and releases 80% fewer CO2 emissions than chocolate.
“The flavor profile of chocolate can include hundreds of different compounds that come from fermenting and roasting cacao beans, and we can achieve this using other ingredients that are sustainable and ethical,” said WNWN CTO Dr. Johnny Drain. “We’re not anti-chocolate, we’re anti-Big Choc, because the industry must be challenged to do better for the planet and the people whose labor it profits from.”
Image from WNWN Food Labs