Cacaoboys

Jungle Bites

Sovereign nutrition · grown the old way

A chewy little bite made from the whole cacao fruit — the sweet jungle pulp most of the world throws away. Vegan, nothing added, clean enough for your kids.

Launching in ~7 months. No spam — just the date and a few stories from Ecuador.

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Cacao pods ripening on the tree in Ecuador

For 5,000 years, cacao was the food of gods and kings — currency, medicine, and whole fruit eaten straight from the jungle. Then industrial food showed up, threw the fruit away, and called what was left chocolate.

We spent years looking for a source worthy of that history. We found it in Ecuador — farmers growing cacao the way it has always been grown, with nothing stripped away. We're two dads who got obsessed with real food, and we're building something we actually feed our own kids.

Direct trade, not fair trade

Fair trade sets a floor. We pay well above it — direct to Jose and the families in Ecuador's Mindo Valley, by name and by handshake. No brokers, no middlemen taking a cut of their work. When growers are paid like the harvest matters, it shows up in the fruit.

"The part the world throws away turns out to be the best part."

ECUADOR · MINDO VALLEY · DIRECT TRADE EST. 2024 · UPCYCLED CACAO FRUIT

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Early access Founding member pricing First batch reserved for you

No spam. Just a launch date, a few stories from Ecuador, and a heads-up when it's ready.

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Four things we don't compromise on

The Cacaoboys Standard

The whole fruit. Nothing removed.

Ancient cultures ate the pulp, the juice, the flesh — not just the bean. We use the entire fruit, the way it was always meant to be eaten, before processing decided what to keep.

We know our farmers by name.

Direct trade with Jose and the families in Ecuador's Mindo Valley — no brokers, no mystery. Low-cadmium soil, raised-bed drying, frozen at origin. Clean from the ground up.

Clean enough for your kids. (We give it to ours.)

Upcycled fruit the world discards. Vegan, gluten-free, nothing added. If it wouldn't pass the "would I give this to my kid" test, it doesn't make it in.

Built to last — honestly.

We're not optimizing for quarters. Our farmers are paid above fair-trade rates, our supply chain is transparent, and our treasury is held in Bitcoin — honest money for honest food.