Karuna Chocolate

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Karuna Chocolate

Multiple award-winning organic bean to bar chocolate makers in South Tyrol, Italy

17/06/2026

☆ organic mini bananas in dark chocolate ☆

Semi-soft Sri Lankan mini bananas dipped in 80% dark chocolate. Available in our online shop only!

06/05/2026

☆ International Chocolate Awards 2026 ☆

We are happy to share that we just won:

🥈European silver for Vanilla White
🥈European silver for Toritto almonds 80%
🥈European silver for Belize 70% fast dried
🥉European bronze for Tanzania 70%
🥉European bronze for Amazonico Nativo DO 75%

Thanks to the and to all our well-wishers 🙏

It's been fantastic to receive those awards at the festival in Bordeaux - merci beaucoup!

We will post our winning bars 🍫 and describe them in depth over the next days ✨️

05/05/2026

☆ ShowColat chocolate festival in Bordeaux, France ☆

It was so great to meet old friends and make new ones.
We took home lots of inspiration and talked chocolate for three days straight 😋
Thumbs up for the wonderful organisation and thanks to the volunteers for helping out with translations 😄

16/04/2026

☆ Tanzania 70% ☆

This pure dark chocolate is made from fine cocoa beans by in the heart of Tanzania 🇹🇿

It's surprisingly fruity with bright notes of red fruits and berries.

It is an eye-opener to many of our new clients as it really doesn't taste like your regular supermarket chocolate bar 😀

Are you team "classic flavours" , team "fruity flavours" or even team "unusual flavours" in chocolate?

03/04/2026

☆ New limited edition launch ☆

O•Rum barrel aged dark chocolate 75%

For this bar, we aged Maya Mountain cocoa nibs made from organic Belizean cocoa in a freshly emptied O•Rum barrel.

O•Rum is an organic Rum made from pure sugarcane molasses by distillery Farthofer from Austria.

The Rum is aged in used Farthofer Mostello casks, an award winning organic dessert wine made from cider pears.

Through several months of ageing in the barrel, the cocoa nibs absorb flavors from both the Rum (which got Mostello flavors from the previous casks use) and the oak.

With this 🍫 you can travel to the caribbean without moving 🏝

🥰

01/04/2026

☆ Breaking news ☆ 🍫🍫🍫

Iceland is about to run the world's first commercial indoor greenhouse cocoa production!!

According to Prof. Sigurōr Jónsson of the Natural Science Institute of Iceland (NSII), Iceland has all the prerequisites:
"Cocoa needs subtropical climate, water, and actually no direct sunlight. Rather, it needs penumbra.
In our greenhouses, we utilize geothermal energy to provide the perfect conditions for crops, despite the country's extreme climate. An advanced system captures sunlight through fiber-optic cables, allowing for efficient use of natural daylight. Additionally, our system works year-round"

Beta testing has shown very promising results, and in the prospect of climate change and future transport costs, Iceland aims to grow cocoa fully independent and sustainably.

Magnús Björnsson from the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate adds: "Icelanders have a sweet tooth, and we want to make sure there is no disruption in cocoa supply in the future. Since we can use geothermal energy almost for free, why shouldn't we use it also to grow tropical crops? We have grown all sorts of fruits in our greenhouses for decades. Nowadays, improved technologies allow for highly efficient use of both geothermal energy and sunlight"

28/03/2026

☆ MARKETS ☆

This setting at the social cooperative nursery is just amazing 🪴⚘️🪻🌷🌻
In the midst of greens and the intriguing smells of flowers, we showcase and taste out our products 😋

It's open days of nursery's today, the 28th and tomorrow, the 29th of march.

Cheers & chocolate love 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

04/03/2026

☆ Organic medjool dates in 100% cocoa mass ☆

Did you ever try our dates?
The flavour combination is unreal.
Soft and caramelly dates with bright and fruity cocoa mass.
Some of our clients can't live without them anymore 😅
200g metal tin box - plastic free packaging as always - available online.

Much ❤️

23/02/2026

☆ Chocoa Chocolate Festival Amsterdam ☆

This year was all about meeting friends from the industry, networking, tasting, and talking chocolate for two days straight.
We did not exhibit, and that was quite nice.
We made new connections, met some of our cocoa producers and resellers, and connected a few people we like.

15/02/2026

The world market price of cocoa is down to below 3700 USD per ton (!)
We are talking about the (industrial) commodity cocoa, not fine flavour cocoa.

But isn't there a cocoa crisis? Like more demand than supply on a global scale? 🧐

Climate related issues, lower harvests, combined with speculation, and in 2024 - 2025, the prices went up to record heights of 10000 USD (!!!) and more per ton and remained so for quite some time.

The problems in West Africa aren't solved, so why the continuing price decrease over the last six months?

On a superficial level, the reason is low buying interest.
The arguments are that stocks are still there, that companies have reformulated the recipes to use less cocoa and/or switched to cocoa alternatives, shrinkflation, etc.

BUT isn't it actually a perfect example of how the big industry and traders are manipulating the market?

Let's force the price to drop by....well, not buying!
High demand > high price
Low demand > low price

Those who suffer the consequences of such moves the most are, once again, the farmers (think of income below poverty line, child labour, etc.)

It lookes like the futures stock market estimates are also based on hope that there will be no issues (climate, drought, excess rain) and good harvests for the next seasons 🤔

Let's remember, the above explanation is about commodity cocoa. The quality of beans the big industry is transforming into all kinds of candy and chocolate products. It makes around 95% of the global cocoa production, the bigger portion of it comes from West Africa, and it is still a world of exploitation!

Nobody knows what's next. Looks like we will live with high volatility in this market for a long time.

BUT one thing is for sure:

We'll keep making excellent chocolate from
☆ tracable
☆ ethically traded
☆ fine flavour and speciality cocoa beans from the free market...

No matter what!

Indirizzo

Localita` Caerna 30
Velturno
39040

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http://www.karunachocolate.it/

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