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About Daintree Estates
Ten years ago, Daintree
Estates was little more
than a wild idea to do
something no one in
Australia had ever been
game to try: to grow
cocoa in Far North
Queensland, then use
that locally grown cocoa
to create the finest
quality chocolate, and
do it in the most
ethical and equitable
way possible.
From pods to product
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Daintree Cocoa
ticks the right
boxes when it
comes to
providing local
business and
community
benefits, and
implementing a
total supply
chain model that
sets a benchmark
for
sustainability
in Australian
agribusiness.
Located in the
pristine heart
of the Daintree
region, Daintree
Cocoa grows
young cocoa
trees in the
nursery
facilities on
the estates of
our growers.
Many of these
growers are
third and fourth
generation
farmers in the
region. All are
passionate about
maintaining the
Daintree as it
is and
practising
farming
techniques that
minimise the
impact on this
pristine
environment.
The same growers
raise the cocoa
trees from
seedlings,
harvest their
cocoa crops from
mature trees on
their
plantations and
deliver the pods
to our
fermentary,
located on one
of our estates.
Here, the cocoa pods
are split and
the beans fermented
and dried ready
to be converted
into Daintree
Cocoa’s uniquely
flavoured
single-origin
and
estate-origin
chocolates.
We use
Australian sugar
and dairy
ingredients in
our chocolates. Our
chocolates are
processed to
produce a fine
particle size
equivalent to
premium European
chocolates so
you can
enjoy superb
texture and
flavour in every
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One of our ripe
Australian cocoa
pods growing at
Mossman,
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Equally impressive is
the fact that Daintree
Cocoa’s growers are both
suppliers and
shareholders in the
company. We operate as a
genuine co-operative
enterprise. This means
all co-op shareholders
enjoy the value-adding
opportunities of
Daintree Cocoa’s total
supply chain structure,
and the local businesses
and communities of
Mossman and surrounding
regional towns in Far
North Queensland do too.
Daintree Cocoa – unique
in so many special ways
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Daintree Cocoa
now produces the
world’s first
Australian
single origin
cocoa beans and
chocolate, plus
organic
single-origin
cocoa and
chocolate. We
are the only
company growing
and processing
cocoa pods into
fermented dry
beans and
producing
chocolate
commercially
from these beans
in Australia.
Each of our
growing estates
is unique, with
cocoa being
grown in
different soil
types, sunshine
and shade
conditions and a
balanced water
supply using
natural
rainwater and
selective
irrigation. Such
diversity
ensures we
produce an
equally unique
range of cocoa
flavours and
aromas from each
of our estates.
We are very
proud of all our
estates and
suppliers.
We are actively
seeking more local
farmers in the
region to become
cocoa growers to meet
what is sure to
be significant
demand for our
unique
Australian
origin
chocolates.
Contact us now
for more
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Our innovative team and
partners
Our chocolates are
formulated and produced
by dedicated specialists
with over 30 years plus
experience in the food
and confectionery
industry. Our team of
creative food scientists
and technologists, our
processing and
operations engineers and
our sales and marketing
specialists all play an
important role in
delivering a unique
process and product
innovation pipeline that
will differentiate
Daintree Cocoa and
Daintree Estates as our
unique cocoa and
chocolate business.
Australian sugar
cane growing at
Mossman,
Queensland |
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As well as
producing our
chocolate
products
ourselves with
world class,
small-scale
processing
equipment, we
have partnered
with some of the
most experienced
small to medium
sized chocolate
co-manufacturers
in the country
to bring to our
consumers the
highest quality
and
unique-tasting
chocolate
experiences. |
For example, we
are pleased to
have an
exclusive
licence with the
Mossman Central
Mill to use
their Daintree
Gold ™ Raw Sugar
in all of our
chocolate
products.
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Daintree Cocoa’s
intellectual
property and
know-how in
product
development and
formulation,
harvesting and
fermenting
ensures that we
will be able to
bring unique,
competitively-priced
chocolate
products to you
for generations
to come. |
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