Coopercabruca, quality cocoa

Grown under the forest. Made to compete with the world.

We are a cocoa farmers' cooperative in southern Bahia: about 50 farms growing cocoa in the shade of the Atlantic Forest, supplying beans, liquor, butter, powder and chocolate to manufacturers in Brazil and Europe.

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Video: forest in Bahia seen from above, a ripe cocoa pod being harvested and cocoa beans falling
From the forest to the bean.

From canopy to bar

We sell value, not just beans. Every step happens here, on the farms and at the cooperative.

All products and specifications
  1. 01
    Farmer harvesting cocoa pods with a long pole BY HAND

    Harvest

    Ripe pods are cut with a long-handled blade and opened by hand.

  2. 02
    Open yellow cocoa pod with seeds in white pulp IN ITS OWN PULP

    Fermentation

    The seeds ferment in their own pulp and develop the precursors of flavour.

  3. 03
    Dried cocoa beans ≤ 7.5% MOISTURE

    Sun-drying

    On wooden drying decks, down to a maximum of 7.5% moisture.

    Cocoa beans
  4. 04
    Hands holding roasted cocoa beans 22 µm

    Roasting and grinding

    Roasted, shelled and ground to particles of 22 microns.

    Cocoa products
  5. 05
    Chocolate bar next to cocoa beans and nibs 60% · 70%

    Chocolate

    Bars with 60% and 70% cocoa, from 40 g to 1 kg.

    Chocolate bars

Good farming practices monitored by CEPLAC. The whole process is controlled and, at the end, put through quality tests.

In the press

Produtores de cacau, café e guaraná do projeto Agro.BR realizam primeiras exportações

Cocoa, coffee and guaraná growers in the Agro.BR programme make their first exports

CNA Brasil, Read the article (Portuguese) (opens in a new tab)

Histórias exportadoras: cooperativa baiana exporta cacau para produção de chocolate suíço após apoio da ApexBrasil

Export stories: Bahian cooperative exports cocoa for Swiss chocolate after ApexBrasil support

Brasil 61, Read the article (Portuguese) (opens in a new tab)

Cooperativa baiana fecha acordo para exportação de cacau ao mercado europeu

Bahian cooperative signs a deal to export cocoa to the European market

A Tarde, Read the article (Portuguese) (opens in a new tab)

Partners

  • Dimitra Connected Cacao
  • Sul da Bahia Geographical Indication
  • CEPLAC
  • TV Cacau
  • Cacau & Chocolate
  • Leilão Cacau
Worker gathering cocoa pods on the farm, seen from behind

“Cocoa runs in our veins. It is a love affair that reason cannot explain.”

Orlantildes Santos Pereira, president of Coopercabruca
It is rewarding to know our work reaches consumers who value quality and origin.
Adilson Almeida, farmer in Jitaúna
Access to the European market comes from mutual trust and a lasting commitment to excellence.
João Miguel, farmer in Jequié

Quotes published in the newspaper A Tarde, August 2025, translated from Portuguese.

Dark red cocoa pods growing on the trunk of a cocoa tree
Cocoa pods grow straight from the trunk.

The forest stays standing. Cocoa grows beneath it.

Cabruca is the traditional way of growing cocoa in Southern Bahia. Cocoa trees grow in the shade of native trees, without clearing the forest.

And we can prove it: since 2024, with the agritech company Dimitra, we monitor forest cover on our farms by satellite, with ground sensors where the canopy hides the cocoa. Farm-level data supports compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

Origin and traceability

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