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Why don't you stock up on the latest chocolates from popular brands ♡?

グッズ編集部

12/1/23Publish

Beyond deliciousness, health-conscious's selection of winter chocolates

February 14 is Valentine's Day. In Japan, it has been a common practice for women to send chocolates to men for many years, but in recent years, various genres such as "tomo chocolate" and "recommended chocolate" have appeared, and the number of people who buy chocolate as a reward for themselves is increasing.

Recently, cacao has been attracting attention as a superfood, and there is a wide variety of production areas and flavors. The more you know about the world of chocolate, the more profound it becomes, and just looking at the packaging is exciting.

In this article, we have collected chocolates that are delicious and healthy for the mind and body.

We have a variety of chocolates that meet the needs and commitments of our customers, such as flavored chocolates made with carefully selected cacao, smooth vegan chocolates that melt in your mouth, chocolate sandwiches that spread the sweetness of honey, and protein bars that make you health-conscious.

Chocolate that sweetens the store, please spread ♡ it in the store

Flavored Chocolate

LOVE COCOA / Premium Tablet Chocolate from London

Anyway, "LOVE COCOA", which is very popular for its cute and unique packaging, is a premium chocolate brand born in the United Kingdom. All products use only single-origin cacao (Peruvian or Colombia).

Although it is based on dark milk and white chocolate, you can enjoy gorgeous flavors such as strawberry champagne, gin & tonic, honey comb, and non-alcoholic adult flavors.

All packaging materials are recyclable. It is plastic-free, slave-free, and palm oil-free, and one tree is planted in Kenya for every piece sold, so it is a great point for customers who are highly conscious of sustainability.

Currently, only goods are traded online. With a mini size of 20g and a rich size of 75g, it is a lineup that meets various needs for Valentine's Day.

BINON CACAO / A chocolate brand that consistently handles the cultivation of Vietnamese cacao to chocolate

Binon is a "farm to bar" from cacao cultivation to chocolate production. We started cacao farms with the desire to "secure a commensurate income for farmers who produce high-quality cacao" and produce high-quality products.

Vietnam is a treasure trove of fruits. Cacao produced in the south has a sour and refreshing taste of the pulp (cocoa pulp) that covers the cocoa beans.It accounts for only 0.1% of the world's cocoa bean production.

The typical "stick chocolate" is a perfect gift for a set of 8 chocolates of different flavors, such as Vietnamese coffee.

"Bitchocolate" is individually wrapped, so it is convenient for distribution. Here, you can also enjoy the individuality of Vietnamese specialties such as cashew nuts and peppercorns.

In 2023, he won a prize in the Asia-Pacific category at the International Chocolate Awards, a global chocolate competition. It is now available at MUJI's first store in Vietnam.

Vegan Chocolate

H! P CHOCOLATE (hip chocolate) / Smooth vegan milk chocolate made with oat milk

LOVE COCOA's sister brand "H! P CHOCOLATE" is a brand that was born in 2021 from the owner's own desire to "eat delicious vegan milk chocolate!"

Vegan milk chocolate made by chocolate professionals who have knowledge of cacao and chocolate is so creamy that it is hard to believe that it does not use milkYou can taste it.

From a sustainable point of view, nutritionally, and most importantly, in terms of taste, oat milk, a plant-based milk that meets the conditions, is used, so not only vegans but also those who are allergic to dairy ingredients can enjoy it with confidence.

The catchy packaging is plastic-free. It's delicious, environmentally friendly, and recommended as a topping or accent for handmade vegan sweets.

Hareto-Keto / Raw chocolate with enzymes that balance the mind and body with cacao

"Hareto-Keto" is a shop where the owner, who has experience as a nurse, runs a raw chocolate shop and a detox café in a samurai mansion in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture. From the perspective of an extension of preventive medicine,Raw chocolate with plenty of superfoods, mainly cacaoI'm making it.

Raw chocolate uses only Ecuador's endemic Ariba cacao, which is less than 2% of the market distribution. We import to Japan through fair direct trade with farmers without child labor or unfair labor.

Raw chocolate with an impactful moon or sun pattern.The secret of its popularity, the colorful hues, is that the surface is colored with plant powders such as superfoods, spices, and fruits.It is a dish that both the recipient and the recipient will want to brag about with plenty of enzymes and energy.

It is popular not only for those who are allergic to dairy products and vegans, but also for gifts such as celebrations. It is available at department stores, hotels, organic food stores, and select shops of handicraft miscellaneous goods.

Organic nectars / 100% vegan raw cacao bars full of cacao nutrients

Raw chocolate = Raw cacao bar is "unheated" chocolate made at a low temperature of 48 degrees or less. How about healthy chocolate that retains plenty of the nutrients and benefits of cacao beans?

In additionOrganic Nectar's raw cacao bar is a 100% vegan food that does not contain dairy products, lecithin, eggs, wheat gluten, or white sugar.It can be cared for both those with allergies and those who are concerned about calories.

Since it uses the rare Criollo variety, which has excellent taste and aroma, it has a smooth and rich taste that you can't think of as vegan, and you can enjoy a fresh fruit-like aftertaste.

Regardless of age or gender, it is supported by people who are highly interested in organic foods, those who are on a diet, those who are restricting carbohydrates, and vegans.

Chocolate sweets

Nama Gateau Au Chocolat / Sustainable and ethical raw gateau chocolate specialty store

"Namagateau Chocolat" is a masterpiece that has been completed by a chef who has traveled to 5-star hotels, does not use any flour or sugar, and makes the most of the flavor and richness of cacao, which melts in the mouth and has a rich and dense taste.

Based on the concept of "enjoying chocolate to the fullest", we chose it in the end without unnecessary items as much as possibleThere are only three ingredients: chocolate, butter, and eggs. We use the highest quality couvel chocolate and do not use any flour or sugar.

With the aim of solving the problem of poverty in the chocolate industry, we use 100% of the program's chocolate as a partner of the sustainable program "Cacao Trace". We support the improvement of cultivation techniques of cacao producers, develop processing facilities, and return a portion of the chocolate price to cacao farmers and producers.

As a brand that manufactures sustainable products, such as using environmentally friendly paper for packaging, we have been certified as an "Odawara SDGs Partner" in Odawara City. It is also a hometown tax refund gift for the city.

SHIMANTO DOMEKI CO., LTD. / Gluten-free cookies in unique packaging

"SHIMANTO DOMEKI CO.,LTD." delivers good, delicious, and safe natural products in Kochi and 4000. Here are some cookies made in a small factory in Belgium, a major confectionery country.

GENEROUS / GenerusThe "Chocolate Chip" in the organic gluten-free cookie series is a dish that focuses on "deliciousness" while pursuing gluten-free.

Oats, chocolate chips and raisins are added and baked without animal ingredients, making this cookie the perfect breakfast or snack on a busy day.All products are made from environmentally friendly RSPO-certified organic palm oil. Organic JAS certified.

The package with the illustration of the staff as a motif won the Packaging Award at the Episerie Finnes Award 2017 in France. It is sure to catch the eye in the store as well.

MY HONEY / Honey chocolate sandsleep with the aroma of cacao and the sweetness of honey spreading in your mouth

How about a chocolate sandwich that is inevitably sold out every year as a gift for yourself and MY HONEY (= your loved ones)?

The "Limited Time Honey Chocolat Sandwich Assortment Cookie" is a holiday season only and you can enjoy two flavors, chocolate flavor and framboise flavor, in one boxSpecial packaging. The classic chocolate flavor is completed only with raw honey and cacao, and the moment you put it in your mouth, the mellow aroma of cacao and the sweetness of honey will spread to the fullest.

Both flavors are 100% additive-free: white sugar-free, dairy-free, chemical-free, and gluten-freeFoodstuff. The sweetness is only low-GI raw honey, and it is a guilt-free chocolate sandwich that is handmade one by one instead of a machine.

In addition to the three directly managed stores nationwide, it is sold at many stores such as food stores, general stores, bookstores, beauty salons, pharmacies, expressway service areas, museum shops, and cafes in 44 prefectures.

OCA Cacao & Chocolate / High-quality cacao products made at our own cacao farms and chocolate factories in Vietnam

If you are a coffee lover, how about coffee bean chocolate?

"OCA" chocolateA simple chocolate made only from organic cacao and palm sugar from Vietnam.Without using pesticides or chemical fertilizers, you can enjoy the deliciousness of cacao, which has received the blessings of Vietnam's fertile land to the fullest, and the mellow and fruity acidity.

"Coffee Bean Choco Ball" is a bitter × bitter dish that allows you to taste the "bitterness" characteristic of Vietnamese coffee.Cacao coffee, which is also sold as drip coffee, is roasted at a low temperature for a long time using cocoa butter to give it a mellow bitterness.

Chocolate does not use any additives such as flavorings or emulsifiers. Acquired Japan's "Organic JAS Certification"In addition, in 2021, we obtained organic certification in three countries around the world, including the United States.

In addition to chocolate, hot chocolate made with "cacao powder" is also popular, saying that it is "rich but light and delicious".

Sakiwa / Cafe Chocolat using specialty coffee from Congo

It is a "high-quality coffee bean to eat" of "Sakiwa" using organic and fair trade specialty coffee in Congo, which is known as a coffee and cacao production area.

Gibb State, where the coffee is produced, is a conflict zone and a travel ban zone in Japan. Under such circumstances, we have successfully selected good beans by hand, produced high-quality specialty coffee, and exported it to Japan.

"Café Chocolat" roasted the beans that arrived at the roasting shop where the world champion was discharged, and carefully wrapped in chocolate.The colorful package design done by junior high school students as part of learning about the SDGs is also wonderful.

It is supported by many people who are interested in SDGs and ethics, and is handled in major general stores and the Diet building. In Ibaraki Prefecture, it is also deployed overseas as a prefectural product, and it is also a gift for returning hometown tax payments.

Nutritious chocolate

andew / The world's gentlest chocolate that began with a meeting between a doctor and a patient

Andew's chocolate is a gentle and smooth melt-in-your-mouth chocolate made for patients with intractable diseases who have a weak mouth due to illness and cannot eat hard foods. On top of thatA complete diet with more than 27 kinds of nutritionIt has become.

With the aim of "achieving the most delicious food, maximum nutritional value, and enjoyment by everyone regardless of whether they have a disease or not", it contains 8 types of superfoods and more than 27 kinds of nutrients, and does not use preservatives, flavors, white sugar, emulsifiers, or animal products.It is characterized by its meltability that melts gently on the tongue, and you can enjoy the gentle sweetness of beet sugar and the richness of cacao.

It is supported by a variety of people, such as those who have a thin diet, those who cannot eat due to illness, those who are growing up, and those who are too busy to take time to eat.

Gi by OGATORE / A protein bar that makes it easy to get proteins that tend to be deficient

For those who are working hard to build their bodies,Chocolate-flavored protein bars to support energy supply and muscle recoveryWhat do you think?

"Gi" is based on the theme of "Let's take care of ourselves 10 years from now," and we are particular about domestic manufacturing and high quality, and provide products that go well with stretching.

The owner is a physical therapist and YouTuber. While involved in rehabilitation at various hospitals and facilities, he witnessed various disorders due to stiffness of the body, and started video distribution with the idea that "stretching at home will become commonplace," and now it has become a stretching channel with more than 1 million users.

The production of protein bars is done with a domestic workshop (welfare office) in Tohoku that can manufacture high-quality bar dough.A well-balanced blend of whey, casein, and soy protein to achieve 10.8g of proteinHave. We are also particular about the texture that can only be made by hand, not by machine.

For making sweets

SUPER FOODS TRADING / Organic cacao specialty store that focuses on Criollo cacao beans called "the king of cacao"

"SUPER FOODS TRADING" is an organic cacao specialty store that focuses on the rare variety "Criollo variety", which is said to account for less than 10% of the cacao market.

The most popular "Organic Criollo Cacao Sweets Love &Happy"is organic cocoa nibs coated with yacon syrup,Cacao sweets with chocolate-like bittersweetness, sweetness, and crispy textureAre.

Unlike chocolate, it does not melt when heated, so it is recommended as an accent for making sweets.

No sugar, dairy products, animal ingredients, or food additives (flavorings, sweeteners, colorings, etc.) are used. Organic JAS certified. It is available at organic and natural specialty stores and department stores.

IF YOU CARE / eco-friendly kitchen items in all processes: sourcing, manufacturing, disposal

If you are particular about the ingredients of your sweets, you also want to be particular about the containers and packaging.

"IF YOU CARE", a leading brand of sustainable kitchen items from the United States, is very active in making sweets such as muffins and cookies. All items have been developed with sustainable, reproducible and ethical sourcing in mind, as well as clean manufacturing and disposal processes that do not pollute the environment.

The "Baking Cup", which is fashionable in natural craft colors, is made of materials that are gentle on the body without using any ingredients such as chlorine, petroleum, or heavy metalsSo you can use it to make sweets with confidence. The ingredients do not stick together and are hard to get dirty, so they can be reused several times depending on the recipe.

Currently, it is sold in more than 20,000 stores, mainly supermarkets, in the United States, and is available in more than 20 countries around the world, including the Middle East, Europe, and Scandinavia.