Utah businesses team up to bring wild cacao to U.S. stores — and preserve Bolivian rainforests
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 21, 2023
One of Salt Lake City’s best-known food merchants and a Utah chocolatier have joined forces to create a gourmet chocolate bar using rare wild cacao from the Bolivian rainforests — with proceeds going to support sustainable farming there.
The story of Wild Tranquilidad, a dark chocolate bar produced by Heber City’s Ritual Chocolate and Salt Lake City’s Caputo’s Market & Deli, starts with a fantastic discovery by an agronomist in Bolivia.
