- Contains 100% pure cacao powder--brings the chocolate factory to your home
- Pack of two 16-ounce pouches
- Certified organic, kosher, gluten free, and vegan
- Healthy way to stock up on antioxidants and important minerals like magnesium and iron
- Instantly transforms smoothies, desserts, pies, and other recipes into the healthiest chocolate indulgence around
- The mission of Navitas Naturals is to provide premium organic functional foods that increase energy and enhance health
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Certified Organic Cacao (Theobroma Cacao).
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Certified Organic Cacao (Theobroma Cacao).
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Navitas Naturals organic raw cacao powder, Mayan superfood brings the chocolate factory to your kitchen, as it instantly transforms smoothies, desserts, pies, and countless other recipes into the healthiest chocolate indulgence around. Put a spoonful into your next treat and understand why this super food has been enjoyed for thousands of years. Moreover, with no added sugar, Navitas Naturals cacao powder is an exceptionally healthy way to stock up on antioxidants and important minerals like magnesium and iron. This cacao powder contains 100% pure cacao powder that is certified organic, kosher, gluten-free, vegan, and raw. This is sold in pack of two 16-ounce pouches.
About Navitas Naturals
The food philosophy of Navitas Naturals is simple--nutrient rich whole foods are best produced using organic agricultural methods with minimal processing. Focusing on both food safety and nutrition, they handle their premium superfoods with care. This includes third party testing for all the products. Their facility is organic, kosher, and GMP/HACCP certified. In addition, they utilize methods such as freeze-drying and low temperature processing to ensure maximum nutrition and safety.
“Navitas” is the Latin word for energy. As the name implies, their mission is to provide premium organic functional foods that increase energy and enhance health. Part of this effort is to continually search for the world’s most beneficial natural foods. Navitas Naturals is a certified organic, green business headquartered in Marin County, California.
They specialize in organic and wild-crafted functional foods, and strive to lead the industry in this expanding market. Health conscious consumers choose their nutrient-rich products because they are loaded with antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals.
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King of cacao. Raw chocolate - the new red wine. Cacao is increasingly being consumed for its nutritive and health enhancing properties as it has been in many cultures for thousands of years. Cocoa beans (theobroma cacao/raw chocolate) are the source for all chocolate and cocoa products. Our certified organic, raw cacao is the premium criollo variety. Theobroma literally means food of the goods - so called from the goodness of the seeds and Mexican named the pounded seeds chocolate cacao is increasingly being consumed for its nutritive and health-enhancing properties, as it has been in many cultures for thousands of years. Cacao contains many chemicals that enhance physician and mental well-being, including an incredibly rich supply of magnesium. Other essential minerals present in Cacao are calcium, zinc, iron, copper and potassium. Cacao also contains more antioxidant flavonoids than red wine, green tea and blueberries. Navitas Naturals vegan cacao nibs are unprocessed, certified organic, raw, peeled cacao beans. Our premium cacao beans come directly from the farmers who cultivate them. These farmers grow their crops on their own land, using sustainable methods that have been used for generations. These cacao beans are guaranteed to be free of heavy metals, chemicals and pesticides. USDA organic. Certified organic by Skal International. Imported form Peru. Packed in the USA.
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216 of 226 people found the following review helpful
Hello Raw Cacao Lovers!
Here is the real truth about vitamin C (ascorbic acid) content in Raw Cacao:
Despite the trafficked reports circulating the internet, the honest truth remains: even when processed at low temperatures (i.e. "raw"), there is no vitamin C (ascorbic acid) present in cacao.
Recently, highly trafficked websites such as[...] have highlighted the misinformation of cacao's supposed vitamin C content. Included in these reports are claims that raw cacao is "extraordinarily high in vitamin C."
Back in 2004, our Navitas Naturals lab tests directly looked for vitamin C content in raw cacao, but came up negative. Despite these results, the current media blitz brought us back again for another round of lab testing of our best-selling raw cacao products (beans, nibs and powder) for vitamin C. This time, we used two different laboratories instead of one, and utilized three different analytical methods: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Capilary Electrophoresis (CE) with UV detection, and Titration.
Though all three methods have their place in the scientific community, Titration is the most commonly used method in the food industry when determining vitamin C (ascorbic acid) content. However, there is a critical detail within the Titration method many companies miss when testing raw cacao. The method of Titration is unable to differentiate the vitamin C (ascorbic acid) from the vitamin's analogs. The result is what is known as a "false positive."
This is why, at Navitas Naturals, we use HPLC when testing raw cacao's vitamin C content. The HPLC method looks directly for vitamin C (ascorbic acid), and not just the analogs. Additionally, after sending samples of our products to another lab to test using the CE method, the reports returned consistent the HPLC results.
We have now also tested one of the largest raw cacao brands in the United States using the Titration and HPLC methods. And yet again the results confirm our previous conclusion that raw cacao has no vitamin C (ascorbic acid) present.
Cacao is a tremendously beneficial superfood, containing a wide spectrum of minerals and phytonutrients. It is important to be clear however, Vitamin C is not amongst these nutrients.
Sincerely,
Zach Adelman, President
Navitas Naturals
Here is the real truth about vitamin C (ascorbic acid) content in Raw Cacao:
Despite the trafficked reports circulating the internet, the honest truth remains: even when processed at low temperatures (i.e. "raw"), there is no vitamin C (ascorbic acid) present in cacao.
Recently, highly trafficked websites such as[...] have highlighted the misinformation of cacao's supposed vitamin C content. Included in these reports are claims that raw cacao is "extraordinarily high in vitamin C."
Back in 2004, our Navitas Naturals lab tests directly looked for vitamin C content in raw cacao, but came up negative. Despite these results, the current media blitz brought us back again for another round of lab testing of our best-selling raw cacao products (beans, nibs and powder) for vitamin C. This time, we used two different laboratories instead of one, and utilized three different analytical methods: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Capilary Electrophoresis (CE) with UV detection, and Titration.
Though all three methods have their place in the scientific community, Titration is the most commonly used method in the food industry when determining vitamin C (ascorbic acid) content. However, there is a critical detail within the Titration method many companies miss when testing raw cacao. The method of Titration is unable to differentiate the vitamin C (ascorbic acid) from the vitamin's analogs. The result is what is known as a "false positive."
This is why, at Navitas Naturals, we use HPLC when testing raw cacao's vitamin C content. The HPLC method looks directly for vitamin C (ascorbic acid), and not just the analogs. Additionally, after sending samples of our products to another lab to test using the CE method, the reports returned consistent the HPLC results.
We have now also tested one of the largest raw cacao brands in the United States using the Titration and HPLC methods. And yet again the results confirm our previous conclusion that raw cacao has no vitamin C (ascorbic acid) present.
Cacao is a tremendously beneficial superfood, containing a wide spectrum of minerals and phytonutrients. It is important to be clear however, Vitamin C is not amongst these nutrients.
Sincerely,
Zach Adelman, President
Navitas Naturals
75 of 76 people found the following review helpful
I love this chocolate powder. My family and I recently became aware that MSG and its hidden forms (autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed protein, yeast extract, calcium caseinate, natural flavors, etc.) are the source of our health problems. This discovery led to searching for less processed (especially by high heat) food products. This is a great find! Do beware, if you try this stuff you will not be able to go back to Hershey's....it is that good. Hot chocolate, chocolate ice cream, chocolate nut butters are all fabulous made with chocolate powder rather than highly processed cocoa powder.
66 of 68 people found the following review helpful
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Okay, so I'm a vegan, and I'm a baker and now that its cold, I become obsessed with this stuff. It has 5g of protein in a serving, is unprocessed so you actually get the cacao benefit instead of Hershey crap, and honestly, its the best cocoa I've ever used. Seriously. The quality is unsurpassed and I cannot even begin to tell you how much you'll use it once you try it. I make my hot chocolate with it! Once you go natural cacao, you just don't go back.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great stuff
I love using this product as part of my breakfast. Some berries first, then mixing this with a little raw honey and fresh milk to take my vitamins with.. Read more
Published 29 days ago by Kyle Scheible
awesome!!
I'm a huge fan of raw cacao powder, and this is by far the best powder I've had. Its high quality with a wonderful taste. Read more
Published 1 month ago by christina w.
pure cocoa heaven ...
Whether it's a cup of hot cocoa ,or an interesting addition to the ordinary cup of espresso ,this product foots the bill
Published 1 month ago by silvercloud
Made me threw up!
I'm a chocolate fan, bought two packs to try and definitely the product is not for me,
the bitter taste was enough to make me trow up and make me sick. Read more
the bitter taste was enough to make me trow up and make me sick. Read more
Published 1 month ago by cless
CHOCOLATE IS HIGHLY TOXIC.
I was a big fan of raw chocolate, in fact I have ordered from Navitas for their cacao powder. However, I have recently found out that cacao powder has the highest source of... Read more
Published 1 month ago by AJ Singh
cacao powder is good for you
Wonderful stuff. Cacao is good for you with antioxidents and can even reduce blood pressure. I make homemade mochas with it and sweeten with Stevia for a healthier alternative to a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Susanna Schaenzer
Great ground cocoa
This is basically frozen cocoa nibs ground to a powder. No chemicals, no additives, no cooking. While the health benefits are debatable, we're using this for all of our chocolate... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Thomas F. Harper Jr.
Navitas is good!
The hot chocolate is really delicious! I use two spoons with 2% milk and a couple of spoons of sugar/natural sweetener - tastes great! I drink two mugs every day. Read more
Published 2 months ago by bookguynj
Very Happy With This Product
Love this Cacao! I mix it right into my Chocolate protein shake. I feel like this stuff gives me a lot of energy!
Published 2 months ago by S. klein
Amazing
This is so much better than the stuff I've bought for years in the brown can! Wow, I made muffins that I usually put sweetening in, and I forgot, and they tasted so chocolately... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Virginia L. Welton
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