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Rio Nuevo Chocolate

Handcrafted chocolate with a difference

Rio Nuevo’s founders Sara Castañeda and Andres Altamirano grew up in Latin America.

Both have now made England their home but their vision and passion to serve communities back in South America took them on an extraordinary chocolate making journey and a pursuit to give farmers a voice through ethically and directly sourced chocolate.

RIO NUEVOS ORIGINS

"Our chocolate story began in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest of Ecuador where we celebrated our wedding in 2014. During the time we spent there we were shown how to make chocolate by the local residents."

"We learnt about their cacao heritage and the struggles cacao farmers face. It was there and then the dream of lifting cacao farmers out of poverty and changing their world through chocolate was born."

A Better way

"We chose to work directly with cacao farmers in ecuador to shorten the supply chain so the chocolate you buy can really make a difference in their lives"

Drinking Chocolate

The complex fruity and floral flavours in our drinking chocolate are unique to the Arriba Nacional cacao variety. The oldest and rarest cacao variety in the world, exclusive to Ecuador and considered to be among the world’s finest.