CHOC Chick Organic Raw Cacao Powder – ethical, practical and magical

CHOC Chick, the developer of raw chocolate making kits and ingredients, offers raw cacao powder ethically sourced from cooperatives in Ecuador.

Extracted from the prized Nacional Arriba single origin cocoa bean, CHOC Chick’s Organic Raw Cacao powder is deliciously light and noted for its fruity aroma. As well as a perfect ingredient for making your own raw chocolate, the powder is delicious as a hot cocoa drink or when added to smoothies.

Use it too to give a luxurious twist to porridge, stews and casseroles. Or even make face packs with it.

CHOC Chick’s Organic Raw Cacao powder contains more than 300 nutritional compounds. Among them are:

·                     sulphur - the beauty mineral

·                     tryptophan - the love chemical

·                     anandamide - the bliss chemical

·                     phenylethylamine (PEA) – the joy molecule

·                     polyphenols - heart-nurturing micronutrients

·                     MAO inhibitors – appetite suppressants

You can buy CHOC Chick’s Organic Raw Cacao powder in four pack sizes and get a discount when you order two or more of each pack online at www.chocchick.com:

·                     100g (£3.95)

·                     250g (£5.95)

·                     500g (£10.95)

·                     1kg (£15.95)

Galia Orme, founder of CHOC Chick, said: “There’s so much you can do with this exquisite raw chocolate powder. It’s so easy to make raw chocolates that taste amazing and have healthy benefits. We are especially proud to only source the Nacional Arriba cocoa bean, which is the indigenous cocoa bean of Ecuador and has grown there since Mayan and Aztec times. When you use our organic raw cacao you not only benefit from its light and fruity taste, but you are also enjoying a unique single origin cocoa bean.”

The benefits of eating chocolate are gaining increasing media recognition. In May 2015, Mail Online reported that that chocolate with 60 per cent cacao can increase attention span and alertness. More recently, the BBC News NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland website highlighted the link between moderate chocolate intake and lowered risk of heart disease and stroke.

CHOC Chick products are available in 200 stores across the UK and Europe. These included Whole Foods Market UK, Harvey Nichols, Infinity Foods and Magasin Du Nord in Copenhagen. In 2015, her products were listed by Holland & Barrett and now available in 140 stores, as well as being their online best seller since March 2015.

Also introduced to the east coast of the US following a recommendation to Whole Foods Market North Atlantic, CHOC Chick products can be found in 30 stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine. 

For more information, visit www.chocchick.com.

For media enquiries, please contact Emma De Maio, redheadPR, 07921 160 134, emma@redheadpr.co.uk. 

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Galia Orme – Founder of CHOC Chick

Galia Orme is the founder of CHOC Chick, the business she established in 2009.

A confirmed chocoholic, Galia founded CHOC Chick to provide raw chocolate making kits, recipes and organic ingredients to likeminded people. Products provided by the company enable chocolate lovers to create and enjoy chocolate that is free from dairy, gluten, processed sugar, additives and, most importantly, guilt.

Having visited Ecuador in 2011, Galia ethically sources organic cacao ingredients for CHOC Chick products directly from cooperatives and farmers in Ecuador.

Galia has achieved great success with CHOC Chick. Initially set up as an online store, the company was supplying John Lewis food halls by 2010. That year also saw CHOC Chick products being sold by four distributors to over 200 stores across the UK and Europe. These included Whole Foods Market UK, Harvey Nichols, Infinity Foods and Magasin Du Nord in Copenhagen. In 2015, her products were listed by Holland & Barrett and now available in 140 stores.

In 2014, Galia introduced CHOC Chick to the east coast of the US. Following a recommendation to Whole Foods Market North Atlantic, she secured US representation and got her products in 30 stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine by early November.

Galia now plans to establish CHOC Chick as an international brand with distribution across Europe, the US, China, Australia and New Zealand.

Born in South America, Galia originally moved to the UK in 1989, living in London for 7 years and settled back in the UK in 2002. Her varied career has seen her study law, sing in a rock band and work as a volunteer with trafficked young women. She has worked in marketing communications in the high tech industry in Israel and the USA, as well as in business development for an internet marketing company in Brighton.

Upon turning 40, Galia decided it was time to do what she really loved. The choice was between singing and chocolate.

Chocolate won.