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100% Cocoa Dark Chocolate with Dates & Sesame - 2.12 oz
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Beyond Good
100% Cocoa Dark Chocolate with Dates & Sesame - 2.12 oz
This bar starts as organic cocoa beans grown by farmer partners in Uganda and never leaves Beyond Good's hands until it's finished chocolate — no trading houses, no anonymous importers, no blending with beans from three other countries to hit a flavor target. The cocoa is 100%, so there's no added sugar to soften it; instead it's sweetened only with whole dates and rounded out with toasted sesame and a finish of fleur de sel, a combination you will not find on a typical chocolate shelf.
- Snap a square straight from the bar, or chop it over oatmeal, roasted vegetables, or a bowl of yogurt for a chocolate-and-salt finish most bars can't offer.
- Direct Trade Certified organic cocoa, processed at Beyond Good's own factory in Uganda — every bar carries a scannable code back to the farms it came from.
- No added sugar, no soy lecithin, no dairy — built for shoppers who read the ingredient panel before the flavor description.
This is 100% cocoa dark chocolate with the sugar left out and the fruit put in. Beyond Good starts with organic cocoa beans grown in Uganda, then sweetens the 100% cocoa base with whole dates instead of refined cane sugar, layering in toasted sesame and a finish of fleur de sel for a bar that reads more like a confection than a candy bar.
Each bar is a single 2.12 oz portion, made in small batches at Beyond Good's own factory near where the cocoa is grown - the same site handles fermenting, drying, and finishing the chocolate, rather than shipping raw beans overseas to a separate manufacturer. That proximity is also why the label can say 100% traceable: a scannable code on the wrapper links back to the supply chain behind this specific bar.
Eat it straight from the wrapper, break it into a charcuterie or cheese board where the sesame and salt play against sharp cheeses, or pair a square with black coffee to bring out the cocoa's fruit notes. Because there's no added sugar, the sweetness reads lower and more fruit-forward than a typical dark chocolate bar of comparable cocoa percentage.
Certified USDA Organic and made with no added sugar, this bar fits well into lower-glycemic and paleo-style eating patterns; it is not dairy-based. Sesame is a direct ingredient in this bar and a labeled allergen, and the product may contain trace amounts of tree nuts and milk from shared processing lines. Store it in a cool, dry place away from direct heat - no refrigeration required.
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans*, Dates*, Cocoa Butter*, Sesame*, and Fleur de Sel. (*Organic)
Common Questions
How does the sugar content here compare to a typical dark chocolate bar?
A standard 70% dark chocolate bar usually gets a third or more of its weight from added cane sugar, often 15 to 20 grams per 40-gram serving. This bar has zero added sugar; the only sweetness comes from whole dates blended into the 100% cocoa base, which brings natural fructose along with the fiber and micronutrients still intact in the fruit. Because the sugar arrives packaged with fiber rather than refined and isolated, it digests more slowly and produces a smaller blood glucose spike than an equivalent gram-for-gram amount of table sugar. The tradeoff is a less sweet, more bitter and fruit-forward flavor than a conventional bar at the same cocoa percentage.
What's the actual mechanism behind using dates instead of refined sugar?
Refined cane sugar is roughly 99% sucrose with the fiber, water, and micronutrients stripped out during processing, so it hits the bloodstream fast. Dates are still whole fruit, so their natural sugars (mostly glucose and fructose) are bound up with soluble fiber, mainly pectin, which slows gastric emptying and blunts the insulin response. Dates also carry potassium, small amounts of magnesium, and polyphenols that refined sugar doesn't have. Combined with the flavanols naturally present in unroasted-to-moderate cocoa processing, the result is a sweetener source that contributes some nutritional density instead of being purely empty calories.
Does this fit a keto or paleo diet?
It's a better fit for paleo or a lower-carb pattern than for strict keto. A 60-gram bar (2.12 oz) runs roughly 24 to 26 grams of total carbohydrate, with about 6 to 7 grams coming from fiber, putting net carbs somewhere around 18 to 20 grams for the whole bar. That's workable if you're eating half a bar or less on a moderate low-carb approach, but a full bar will likely exceed the 20-25 gram daily carb ceiling most people use for ketosis. For paleo eaters, the ingredient list clears the bar easily since there's no refined sugar, dairy, or grain, just cocoa, dates, cocoa butter, sesame, and salt. It is not appropriate for a carnivore protocol, since dates and sesame are both plant-based.
Can I bake with this or use it in recipes the way I'd use a baking bar?
Yes, though a couple of adjustments help. Because there's no added sugar and the sweetness comes from dates, it behaves slightly differently than a standard 70% baking bar when melted, tending toward a firmer set and a more concentrated, less sweet flavor once incorporated into batter. It works well chopped into cookie dough, melted for a ganache to pair with fruit or nut-based desserts, or shaved over roasted vegetables and grain bowls where the sesame and fleur de sel echo a savory tahini note. If a recipe calls for a sweeter bittersweet chocolate, add a tablespoon or two of extra sweetener to the recipe rather than assuming a one-to-one swap will match sweetness.
How can I verify the organic and traceability claims on the label?
Every bar carries a scannable code on the wrapper that links back to the specific batch, showing where the cocoa was grown, fermented, and finished. That traceability is possible because Beyond Good runs its own factory near the cocoa farms in Uganda, handling fermenting, drying, and finishing in one location rather than shipping raw beans to a separate manufacturer overseas. The USDA Organic seal on the package means the cocoa beans, dates, cocoa butter, and sesame were certified by an accredited third-party organic certifying body under USDA National Organic Program standards, covering everything from farming inputs to processing handling. You can also check kosher certification on the wrapper if that matters for your household.
What does Made at the Source actually mean for this bar, and why does it matter?
Most chocolate companies buy dried, fermented cocoa beans from a broker and then process them thousands of miles away in a separate factory, which adds handling steps and makes it hard to trace a bar back to a specific farm or harvest. Beyond Good's factory sits near the cocoa-growing regions in Uganda, so the same team that sources the beans also ferments, dries, roasts, and finishes them into the bar, keeping the whole chain under one roof. This is also why the company can run small, limited batches rather than large continuous production runs, since finishing happens close to harvest rather than on a schedule set by a distant processor. The practical result for flavor is a chocolate that tends to taste more distinctly of its origin, since fewer processing steps and less time in transit mean less opportunity for flavor to flatten out.
Each bar is a single 2.12 oz portion, made in small batches at Beyond Good's own factory near where the cocoa is grown - the same site handles fermenting, drying, and finishing the chocolate, rather than shipping raw beans overseas to a separate manufacturer. That proximity is also why the label can say 100% traceable: a scannable code on the wrapper links back to the supply chain behind this specific bar.
Eat it straight from the wrapper, break it into a charcuterie or cheese board where the sesame and salt play against sharp cheeses, or pair a square with black coffee to bring out the cocoa's fruit notes. Because there's no added sugar, the sweetness reads lower and more fruit-forward than a typical dark chocolate bar of comparable cocoa percentage.
Certified USDA Organic and made with no added sugar, this bar fits well into lower-glycemic and paleo-style eating patterns; it is not dairy-based. Sesame is a direct ingredient in this bar and a labeled allergen, and the product may contain trace amounts of tree nuts and milk from shared processing lines. Store it in a cool, dry place away from direct heat - no refrigeration required.
Ingredients: Cocoa Beans*, Dates*, Cocoa Butter*, Sesame*, and Fleur de Sel. (*Organic)
Common Questions
How does the sugar content here compare to a typical dark chocolate bar?
A standard 70% dark chocolate bar usually gets a third or more of its weight from added cane sugar, often 15 to 20 grams per 40-gram serving. This bar has zero added sugar; the only sweetness comes from whole dates blended into the 100% cocoa base, which brings natural fructose along with the fiber and micronutrients still intact in the fruit. Because the sugar arrives packaged with fiber rather than refined and isolated, it digests more slowly and produces a smaller blood glucose spike than an equivalent gram-for-gram amount of table sugar. The tradeoff is a less sweet, more bitter and fruit-forward flavor than a conventional bar at the same cocoa percentage.
What's the actual mechanism behind using dates instead of refined sugar?
Refined cane sugar is roughly 99% sucrose with the fiber, water, and micronutrients stripped out during processing, so it hits the bloodstream fast. Dates are still whole fruit, so their natural sugars (mostly glucose and fructose) are bound up with soluble fiber, mainly pectin, which slows gastric emptying and blunts the insulin response. Dates also carry potassium, small amounts of magnesium, and polyphenols that refined sugar doesn't have. Combined with the flavanols naturally present in unroasted-to-moderate cocoa processing, the result is a sweetener source that contributes some nutritional density instead of being purely empty calories.
Does this fit a keto or paleo diet?
It's a better fit for paleo or a lower-carb pattern than for strict keto. A 60-gram bar (2.12 oz) runs roughly 24 to 26 grams of total carbohydrate, with about 6 to 7 grams coming from fiber, putting net carbs somewhere around 18 to 20 grams for the whole bar. That's workable if you're eating half a bar or less on a moderate low-carb approach, but a full bar will likely exceed the 20-25 gram daily carb ceiling most people use for ketosis. For paleo eaters, the ingredient list clears the bar easily since there's no refined sugar, dairy, or grain, just cocoa, dates, cocoa butter, sesame, and salt. It is not appropriate for a carnivore protocol, since dates and sesame are both plant-based.
Can I bake with this or use it in recipes the way I'd use a baking bar?
Yes, though a couple of adjustments help. Because there's no added sugar and the sweetness comes from dates, it behaves slightly differently than a standard 70% baking bar when melted, tending toward a firmer set and a more concentrated, less sweet flavor once incorporated into batter. It works well chopped into cookie dough, melted for a ganache to pair with fruit or nut-based desserts, or shaved over roasted vegetables and grain bowls where the sesame and fleur de sel echo a savory tahini note. If a recipe calls for a sweeter bittersweet chocolate, add a tablespoon or two of extra sweetener to the recipe rather than assuming a one-to-one swap will match sweetness.
How can I verify the organic and traceability claims on the label?
Every bar carries a scannable code on the wrapper that links back to the specific batch, showing where the cocoa was grown, fermented, and finished. That traceability is possible because Beyond Good runs its own factory near the cocoa farms in Uganda, handling fermenting, drying, and finishing in one location rather than shipping raw beans to a separate manufacturer overseas. The USDA Organic seal on the package means the cocoa beans, dates, cocoa butter, and sesame were certified by an accredited third-party organic certifying body under USDA National Organic Program standards, covering everything from farming inputs to processing handling. You can also check kosher certification on the wrapper if that matters for your household.
What does Made at the Source actually mean for this bar, and why does it matter?
Most chocolate companies buy dried, fermented cocoa beans from a broker and then process them thousands of miles away in a separate factory, which adds handling steps and makes it hard to trace a bar back to a specific farm or harvest. Beyond Good's factory sits near the cocoa-growing regions in Uganda, so the same team that sources the beans also ferments, dries, roasts, and finishes them into the bar, keeping the whole chain under one roof. This is also why the company can run small, limited batches rather than large continuous production runs, since finishing happens close to harvest rather than on a schedule set by a distant processor. The practical result for flavor is a chocolate that tends to taste more distinctly of its origin, since fewer processing steps and less time in transit mean less opportunity for flavor to flatten out.
- __Storage_Location:
- Dry
- __Volume:
- 113
- __Owner:
- TCFarm
- __badge:
- Organic
