Peru

Piura
5°10’46.7”S
80°39’13”W

A COMMITTED COOPERATIVE

Founded in 2005, Cooperativa Norandino brings together more than 7,000 cocoa, coffee and panela families from northern Peru. Its mission is to improve the living conditions of its member families by providing access to local and international markets. Norandino is driven by fundamental values of transparency, fairness, respect, accountability, democracy and quality of service. Today, all its producers are Fairtrade certified and organic

EXCLUSIVITY ON CACAO GRAN BLANCO

Our relationship with Norandino began in the early 2010s thanks to our shared interest in quality and sustainability. In 2013, we signed a partnership that would enable us to work together to protect the native Gran Blanco cocoa variety. Since then, we have had exclusive rights to the Gran Blanco cocoa harvested in La Quemazon, Valle Singucate and Los Ranchos. These three communities located at the edge of the Piura desert, in the Andean foothills, have joined forces to centralize all the work that goes into fermenting and drying their endemic cocoa.

We have also expanded our partnership with Norandino to encompass cocoa supplies from the verdant Selva de San Martin forest, produced by the communities of San Juan de Shitari, San José de Sisa and Huicongo. We renewed the partnership for 10 years in 2021.

Cabosses

2013 Partnership signature

Renewed in 2021 for 10 years

Cooperative Type of organization

303 Producers

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2013

Creation of a social fund to support community development

2015

Creation of a Gran Blanco seedling nursery

2016

Financial aid for producers following devastating flooding

2017

Providing clean drinking water to the communities of La Quemazón et Los Ranchos

2018

Building of a new cocoa preparation center

100% of farms geolocalized

2020

Construction of cafeteria in the Los Ranchos kindergarten

Installation of solar panels to power a water pump in La Quemazon

Distribution of food packages and medical supplies to fight the spread of covid

2021

  • Renovation of the Los Ranchos dryer
  • Construction of a second dryer in Valle Singucate

2022

  • Drinking water for the village of El Dotor
  • Construction of a building and warehouse in Valle Singucate
  • Eye care campaign for the three communities

Find COOPERATIVA NORANDINO cocoa in

Fruity
Single Origin

Illanka 63%

This distinctive chocolate delivers exceptional creaminess with strong tang and complex notes of sun-ripened blackberries, blueberries and black grapes.

Fruity
Organic Chocolate

Andoa Noire 70% Pure Peru

Andoa Noire is a blast of freshness and strong bitter notes that intensifies and becomes more complex while tasting. Fairtrade and Organic dark chocolate couverture.

Milky
Organic Chocolate

Andoa Lactée 39%

Andoa Lactée is an extremely smooth chocolate that will enchant you with its milky intensity and its strong chocolate flavor. Organic and fairtrade milk chocolate couverture.

Balanced
Organic Chocolate

Oriado 60%

ORIADO 60% is a unique Valrhona Blended Origin Grand Cru chocolate made of cocoa beans from Peru and the Dominican Republic. Fairtrade and Organic dark chocolate couverture.

valrhona.com-Pure Origin Bar Andoa Noir
Fruity
For Tasting

Pure Origin Bar Andoa Noir

Fairtrade and Organic dark chocolate. Citrus & Intense Bitterness: Andoa Noire opens with forceful fresh notes and a powerful bitter flavor that develops and takes on different nuances in the mouth.

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Milky
For Tasting

Pure Origin Bar Andoa Milk

Organic and Fairtrade milk chocolate. Intesely Milky & Cocoa-Rich: Andoa Lactée is a melt-in-the-mouth chocolate with a powerful, authentic milk flavor and forthright cocoa notes to die for

For Baking

Cooking Range Andoa 39% milk chocolate

Melodious, Milky, Farmhouse Milk and a Hint of Acidity

Degustation Bar Oriado 60%
Balanced
For Tasting

Degustation Bar Oriado 60%

Oriado’s creamy, vanilla mellowness lulls you into a siesta on warm sands, as the sun intoxicatingly caresses your skin

Balanced
For Baking

Cooking Range Oriado 60% organic dark chocolate

Enveloping, Balanced, Vanilla with a hint of coconut. Fairtrade and Organic dark chocolate.