Traceable Single-Origin Cocoa Lots
Grade I beans supplied as identity-preserved lots from named producing areas — for example Ondo (Idanre, Ile-Oluji) or Cross River (Ikom, Etung) — with farmer lists and farm geolocation data to support buyers' deforestation due-diligence requirements.
Product Overview
Buyers placing cocoa on the European market — and increasingly elsewhere — must be able to demonstrate where their beans were grown and that the land was not deforested. For many importers this has turned traceability from a nice-to-have into a purchasing condition. Our Traceable Single-Origin Lots are built for that requirement.
Each lot is sourced from a defined group of farmers in a named producing area, kept physically separate from our general stock from collection through fermentation, drying, warehousing and bagging, and shipped with a farmer register and plot geolocation data (points or polygons as required) that your compliance team can load into its due-diligence system. Quality is Grade I, confirmed by cut test per lot. [Owner: confirm the regions, number of mapped farms and data format you can currently supply before publishing this page.]
Where It Is Used
- EU importers subject to the Deforestation Regulation
- Brands with origin-labelled or single-origin chocolate lines
- Sustainability-led processors and traders
- Buyers running supplier due-diligence and audit programmes
- Craft chocolate makers wanting a named Nigerian origin
Available Packaging
- New jute bags, 62.5 kg / 64 kg net, lot-marked
- Lot identity maintained through to container seal
- Kraft-lined container with desiccant
Pack sizes. Lot sizes from a single 20' container (approx. 12.5–16 t) upward
Key Facts
- Origin
- Nigeria — Forastero (Amazon / Amelonado hybrid)
- Bean profile
- Grade I main-crop beans from the named origin
- Processing
- Fermented 5–7 days, sun-dried
- Order basis
- Full container loads (20' / 40')
- Port of loading
- Lagos (Apapa / Tin Can)
- Incoterms
- FOB · CFR · CIF · FCA
Specification Sheet — Traceable Single-Origin Lots
Parameters confirmed per shipment by FPIS grading and cut test; laboratory analysis and independent inspection available on request.
| Parameter | Guaranteed value | Unit | Test method / basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moisture content (max) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | ISO 2291 (oven method) / calibrated meter |
| Bean count | [Insert lab-tested value] | beans / 100 g | ISO 2451 count on representative sample |
| Mouldy beans (max) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | Cut test – ISO 1114 |
| Slaty beans (max) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | Cut test – ISO 1114 |
| Insect-damaged, germinated & flat beans (max) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | Cut test – ISO 1114 |
| Well-fermented beans (min) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | Cut test – ISO 1114 |
| Foreign matter & broken beans (max) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | Visual / sieve on sample |
| Fat content (butter yield) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | Laboratory analysis (on request) |
| Free fatty acid (max) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | Laboratory analysis (on request) |
| Grade / quality certificate | [Insert lab-tested value] | — | Federal Produce Inspection Service (FPIS) grading |
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