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| Product | Ingredients | Flags | Natural | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruk'u'x Ulew Cacao Paste Block Ceremonial Cacao (Heart of the Earth) | 100% pure single-origin Guatemalan ceremonial cacao. Made only from organic cacao beans sourced from Alta Verapaz, Coban, Guatemala. Fermented, sun-dried, lightly roasted over wood fire, hand-peeled and stone-milled into a paste block. No other ingredients; site states cacao is a 100% vegan, non-animal product and lists no added sugar or additives. | 100% plant, no additives | 100% | 5 |
Harvested / grown in Alta Verapaz / Coban, Guatemala (single family farm)
Direct: rukuxulew.com. Retail: Soul Lift Cacao, Wild Cacao Collective, The Nourish Co (UK), Pacha Powder Organics.
No Ruk'u'x Ulew is not third-party certified organic.
Yes. Ruk'u'x Ulew is a whole, single-ingredient cacao with nothing added.
Ruk'u'x Ulew is single-origin from Alta Verapaz / Coban, Guatemala (single family farm).
Ruk'u'x Ulew publishes its sourcing.
Single-origin organic cacao from a small family farm in Alta Verapaz, hand-fermented, sun-dried, wood-fire toasted and hand-peeled; produced by a 100% women-owned Maya Kaqchikel collective, providing work to Indigenous women; distributors confirm direct-trade paying far above fair-trade rates.
Organic single-origin (producer-stated); direct trade
Ships to Guatemala + international via distributors (US/UK/EU).
Ruk'u'x Ulew is one of the genuinely organic, traceable cacao options, the main reason to choose it over commodity products.
