Cacao Nibs

Sprinkle a spoonful over your breakfast bowl, yogurt, granola or porridge, mix into energy bites, or snack on them as they are. Their firm, crunchy texture and bold, slightly bitter cacao taste are part of the experience. Unlike cacao powder, nibs do not dissolve in hot water or milk.

NaturaleBio cacao nibs are small, crunchy fragments of cacao beans with a bold, naturally bitter dark-chocolate flavour. They are deliberately coarse rather than smooth or powdery, making them ideal for adding texture to sweet and savoury dishes.

Cacao is what Linnaeus called Theobroma, from Theos meaning “god” and broma “food,” or food of the gods. The richness of this plant is surely contained mainly in the beans enclosed in its fruit (cabosse). Broad beans can be eaten raw, or they can be ground into grains or powder depending on the type of consumption.

Cacao is a tropical tree whose natural habitat takes place in the lower layer of the rainforest. All cacao species need regions where temperature and humidity are high, rainfall is intense and shade is dense. The plant grows only below 1,000 m altitude, on slightly acidic and moist, but well-drained soils. It finds, therefore its favorable habitat in tropical forests, where it finds a constant year-round climate, with abundant rainfall well distributed throughout the year.

Cacao nibs are crunchy pieces of cacao beans, not a soluble drinking powder. They will not dissolve into a smooth hot chocolate when stirred into water or milk. For a cacao drink, choose NaturaleBio Cacao Powder instead.

The country of origin can change depending on the harvest and the season. We work with more than one growing region so we can always choose the best quality available, which is why the origin of each batch may vary.