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Cacao Free and Dairy Free
Laurelate is a cacao-free chocolate alternative made using the California Bay Laurel, a California native plant.
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California Bay Nut
Provides the main flavor and fat an alternative to chocolate. Grown and harvested in their native Californian environment.
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Maple Sugar
Sweetened with North American trees.
Sunchoke
This american sunflower native to the Great Plains lightens the flavor.
We use ingredients from plants native to North America
Endemic to California
The California bay laurel (Umbellularia californica) is a tree species endemic to California, meaning it is native to and found exclusively in this region. The California bay laurel is an integral part of the local ecosystem, providing habitat and food for various wildlife species. Protecting endemic plants like the California bay laurel helps preserve the natural heritage and ecological balance of California.
Cacao Free
Our product does not contain any cacao products, so we cannot call our product chocolate. Rather, Laurelate uses seed of the California Bay Laurel.
The colonial history of chocolate explains the unsustainable, unethical supply chain of cacao. Although Chocolate is native to Central and South America, today, 70% of the world’s cacao is grown in Africa where an estimated 2 million children are exploited for hazardous labor, including child trafficking and slavery (Documentary. The Dark Side of Chocolate). When chocolate is farmed in non native environments it is responsible for deforestation of tropical rainforests. Cacao is responsible for 70% of illegal cutting down rainforests in Ivory Coast (WWF)
Why Laurelate?
Restorative
Agroforestry
Support the movement to bring back natives, crowd out invasives.
Native
Species
Made from the California Bay Laurel, a widespread Californian native plant.
Simple
Ingredients
Only 4 main ingredients and still delivers a great taste.