Islands Hot Chocolate

Islands use the finest flavour cocoa from two locations in the Caribbean, from their own farms in St Vincent and the Grenadines as well as from their partner farms in the Dominican Republic. Sounds standard? It’s not. Most cocoa comes from West Africa where it is bought by large multi-national companies via numerous traders to mass-produce industrial chocolate in massive factories. Traceability is opaque, environmental issues greenwashed and ethics sit a long way behind profit considerations, if at all. Islands sit in the exceedingly rare minority of the chocolate industry – not only do Islands know their product inside out and are able to trace it from start to finish, they also act as both cocoa farmers and chocolatiers, making a huge difference at source.

In addition, Islands work closely with both St Vincent and Dominican Republic governments to ensure that their cocoa farms comply with the highest ethical standards and are child labour-free. Deforestation is also an ever-present threat, and both Islands and its farmers make a valuable contribution to slowing and even reversing deforestation nationally. Publishing all their traceability reports of when and where their cacao comes from, enjoy Islands hot chocolate safe in the knowledge that the drink you're enjoying is also doing a lot of good to its communities.

45% Hot Chocolate Powder. Taste, Ingredients & Nutritional information (per 100g)

• Taste: prominent deep cocoa flavour creates a rich hot chocolate with a jammy, dark fruit sweetness, creamy mouthfeel and gently acidic finish
• Ingredients: cocoa powder, sugar, sea salt. Contains 45% cocoa solid minimum
• Energy: 389 kcal / 1645 kJ
• Fat: 7.6 g
• of which saturates: 4.5 g
• Carbohydrate: 76 g
• of which sugars: 61 g
• Protein: 13 g
• Salt: 0.5 g

55% Dark Chocolate Flakes. Taste, Ingredients & Nutritional information (per 100g)

• Taste: an indulgently luxurious hot chocolate like no other. Notes of rich caramel and zesty orange are expertly complemented by deep cocoa flavours
• Ingredients: cocoa, sugar, sea salt. Contains 45% cocoa solid minimum, may contain traces of milk and nuts
• Energy: 568 kcal / 2363 kJ
• Fat: 38.2 g
• of which saturates: 23.3 g
• Carbohydrate: 47.8 g
• of which sugars: 44.6 g
• Protein: 4.3 g
• Salt: 0.0 g

75% Dark Chocolate Buttons. Taste, Ingredients & Nutritional information (per 100g)

• Taste: the most versatile chocolate of Islands' range, balancing a high cocoa percentage with well-rounded flavours. Aromas of jammy dried fruit and caramelised honey carry through the flavour, accompanied with bursts of fresh citrus and ripe banana, notes of dark caramel and sweet spices with a warming finish.
• Ingredients: cocoa, sugar, cocoa butter, sunflower emulsifier. Contains 75% cocoa solid minimum, may contain traces of cereals containing gluten, milk, soybeans and nuts
• Energy: 605 kcal / 2512 kJ
• Fat: 46 g
• of which saturates: 28 g
• Carbohydrate: 36 g
• of which sugars: 27 g
• Protein: 9 g
• Salt: 0.06 g