Cacao Products

Direct from the rain forests of Ecuador, Sunfoods raw, organic cacao beans are packed with the antioxidants, vitamins and minerals you need to lead a healthy lifestyle. With full-bodied flavor and a rich aroma, these raw cacao beans are perfect to snack on as is or to include in smoothies, desserts and raw nut trail mix combinations to provide you the opportunity to experience the healthy benefits of this powerful superfood.

Sunfood's Raw Cacao Beans are packed with antioxidants, including polyphenols, catechins and epicatechins that help to fight off free radicals, giving you a healthy, complete superfood known as the Food of the Gods. In addition, favonols help the body produce Nitric Oxide, a compound essential for proper heart function. Clean and microbe-free, cacao beans offer a powerful boost of phenylethylamine (PEA) and anandamide, which both enhance positive feelings. Raw cacao is also a natural source of trace minerals, such as manganese, zinc and copper, which help to maintain healthy blood while theobromine, iron, chromium, magnesium and omega-6 fatty acids play an important role in heart health, brain function, growth and development.

Sunfood's Cacao Beans can be enjoyed with or without the cacao skin and prepared in a variety of ways. Enjoy whole cacao beans as is, sprinkled over raw ice cream, mixed with a raw sweetener (agave, honey, stevia or yacon) or combined with goji berries and raw nuts.

When crushed, the raw cacao beans can be added to a fruit or coconut-based smoothie, blended into herbal teas with maca and yacon root syrup, or combined with your favorite raw food desserts.
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