Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels

Two chocolate bars can share the same cacao percentage and be built on entirely different beans. Single-origin cacao tells you where the beans grew, and direct trade describes how a brand buys them, though neither is a legal standard. Here is what both terms mean, how Ghana (about 12 percent of world supply) and Ecuador (about 10 percent) differ in flavor, and how to spot a sourcing claim that holds up.