Product Info.
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Cacao supports healthy blood sugar levels. It is packed with polyphenols, a type of flavonoids, which are phytochemical compounds with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, and neuro-protective and cardio-protective effects. When you eat cacao in its original state, you are getting all of the insoluble and soluble fibers.
Here are some articles on cacao’s health benefits:
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CACAO BEANS
Ours are from PISA, a Transparent Trade organization in Haiti that centrally ferments cacao from a variety of smallholder farmers, guaranteeing them a fair price and eliminating risk.DATES
The dates we use are organic from small farms in the Sahara desert in Algeria, one of the largest growers of the Deglet Nour variety, where they have grown for thousands of years. Emblematic of oasis agriculture and revered as sacred, they are a staple on every family’s table, and in ancient times were the main food that people survived on. They grow just north of the equator.ESPRESSO BEANS
The beans we use are organic and freshly roasted by a local Kingston, NY roaster.HAZELNUTS
Our hazelnuts come from Turkey and are made into nut butter in the U.S. -
A plant-based, paleo, gluten-free, vegan, whole foods snack. Kaboom Bites are low in calories and fat, and high in prebiotic fiber. (Chew them well!) We like Deglot Nour dates as opposed to Medjools, because they are lower in sugar.
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The polyethylene bags are recyclable in many participating stores nationwide. Collect anything from these to plastic mailers (cut out labels) and at the site www.plasticfilmrecycling.org, find one where you can bring the film to be recycled into something new! The bag could of course be reused, too, but opening it with scissors would help ( we impulse-seal it rather than use a ziplock, because it keeps the moisture in. To that point, we originally tried using compostable cellophane bags, but it dried out the dates).
The paper wrapper was made to be recycled and replace the use of plastic labels (the round sticker must be removed and disposed of).
