Pacari
[Pacari (www.pacari.com) is a family owned and operated company founded in 2002 that produces organic and fair trade chocolate. They were among the first to bet on arriba cocoa for high volume production. Pacari bars have since won (and are still winning) many international awards.
The term “Pacari”, in Quechua, means “nature” and “awakening”, and its logo represents a hieroglyph of man-tree, more than 5000 years old, belonging to the Valdivian culture of the Ecuadorian coast.
Pacari also relies on sustainable agriculture and the support of the farming families who produce arriba cocoa. In particular, according to this interview, they only deal with small producers, whom they encourage to follow the permaculture path and grow other crops alongside cocoa.
Pacari chocolate is sold in over 60 countries around the world, including Canada since 2020: in Montreal, it can be found at Rachel Berri, and in Ontario at Metro.
34 bars reviewed
Exceptional
- Pacari - Organic Chocolate with Cardamom - 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Chocolate Organico con Maracuya 60% - Passionfruit
- Pacari - Single Region Fine Chocolate - Piura Quemazon 70% Cacao
- Pacari - Single Region Fine Chocolate - Esmeraldas 60% Cacao
Excellent
- Pacari Raw - 90% Pure
- Pacari - White Truffle - 60% Cocoa
- Pacari - Sea Pine Essence - 60% Cocoa
- Pacari - Andean Guaviduca - 60% Cocoa
- Pacari - Cocoa Pulp & Nibs - 60% Cocoa
- Pacari - Organic Chocolate with Guayusa - 60% Cocoa
- Pacari - Organic Chocolate with Cedrón (Lemongrass/Verbena) - 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Chocolate con Menta - 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Chocolate con Juniper-Enebro-Gin - 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Chocolate con Mole Rojo - 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Chocolate con Rica Rica - 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Cuzco Salt & Nibs - 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Pimenton de la vera - 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Guayas - 75% Cacao
- Pacari - Raw Chocolate Organico - 70% Cacao
- Pacari - Raw Chocolate Organico - 100% Cacao
- Pacari - Single Region Fine Chocolate - Manabi 65% Cacao
- Pacari - Single Region Fine Chocolate - Los Rios 72% Cacao
- Pacari - Single Region Fine Chocolate - La Cumbia - Arauquita - 70% Cacao
- Pacari - Chocolate Organico con Esencia de Pimienta Dulce – Allspice - 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Chocolate Organico con Uvilla – Goldenberry - 60% Cacao
Good
- Pacari - Organic Chocolate with Lemon Essence – 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Raw Chocolate Organico - 85% Cacao + Azucar de coco
- Pacari - Chocolate Organico con Esencia de Naranja – Orange - 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Chocolate Organico con Arandano Rojo – Cranberry - 60% Cacao
Fair
- Pacari - Chocolate con Aceitunas - 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Chocolate Organico con Yuca Deshidratada – Dehydrated Cassave - 60% Cacao
- Pacari - Chocolate Organico con Cereza – Cherry - 60% Cacao