Back in 2014, our founder, was experimenting with making raw chocolate in his kitchen. One evening, while drinking tea and eating his chocolate at sunset, he discovered that he had made what he considered to be the creamiest and most delicious chocolate he had ever tasted. He made it with a unique combination of just two healthy plants; cacao and coconut.

This was the beginning of UBUD RAW Chocolate & Cacao. Wanting to get his new recipe out into the world, our founder designed a logo and spent just $10 on ingredients to make the first kilo of chocolates to sell. Our founder managed to fund the growth of the business using only money received from satisfied customers. This entirely organic and spontaneous business model has continued until today, and we are currently employing 35 people and supporting dozens of Balinese farmers. It’s amazing to witness what can be created from a $10 investment and some hard work.

Making the finest quality raw chocolate means investing time and energy to create the supportive relationships needed to ethically source the best organic cacao beans, as well as developing the most natural methods to process them into chocolate. As a result, UBUD RAW has also become the world’s premier supplier of organic Balinese raw cacao, including our famous ceremonial grade cacao.