República del Cacao's journey

Creating the most authentic Latin American chocolate hand in hand with local communities, developing sustainable fine cacao production at its source.

República del Cacao started in 2005 when their Ecuadorian founders, the Chiriboga brothers, walked into a chocolate store in Paris and asked to try their finest chocolate. The assistant in the store brought them their most prized chocolate, telling them that it was the finest chocolate in the world.

The brothers were amazed and excited - the cacao in this magical chocolate came from the Guayaquil region, the largest city in Ecuador. Despite knowing Ecuador’s history in cacao production, they had never been aware that Ecuador’s cacao was the world’s greatest.

It was in that moment when República del Cacao was born with one mission: to locally produce the most authentic Latin American chocolate, by protecting sustainable fine cacao production. Since then they’ve carried this core value throughout the creation of their consumer range in 2007 and their professional range in 2014. República del Cacao are now distributing their chocolate globally and are honoured to be used by some of the world’s best chefs.

Their unique equatorial climate and rich, varied biodiversity provides the perfect conditions for growing cacao and they are proud to produce their chocolate entirely in Latin America, with natural local ingredients.