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Respect for People
and the Land
Safeguarding the Beauty of Cocoa
We Preserve the Legacy of Criollo
The Criollo Project at Hacienda San José and Hacienda San Cristóbal was created to protect the biodiversity of the world's rarest cacao.
Domori and Rigorous Control of the Entire Supply Chain
Sustainability is a founding principle for Domori.
The project began in the fields, even before it began in the company. It is in the fields, through research into biodiversity and cocoa varieties, that a different way of cultivating, selecting, and processing the raw material takes shape. Preserving biodiversity means safeguarding the future of cocoa. In over thirty years of research, Domori has helped protect, enhance, and, in some cases, save from extinction varieties of extraordinary value.
On July 23, 2020, Domori changed its name to Domori S.p.A. and decided to become a Benefit Corporation.
As a Benefit Corporation, the company intends to pursue goals of common benefit and operate responsibly, sustainably, and transparently towards people, communities, territories, and the environment, cultural and social assets and activities, institutions, associations, and other stakeholders.
The Criollo Project
In 1994, the Criollo Project was born, the research program through which Domori began the recovery and protection of the rarest varieties of Criollo cocoa.
Today, this commitment takes shape across two plantations, two agronomic approaches, and a single goal: to preserve the biodiversity of Criollo cocoa and secure its future.
Founded in 1994 in Venezuela, Hacienda San José extends across 185 hectares on the Paria Peninsula. It is a traditional plantation, cultivated in the shade of the forest, where the cacao grows in harmony with the natural ecosystem.
Here, Domori has recovered and continues to preserve some of the rarest Criollo varieties, preserving one of Venezuela's richest genetic heritages.
Founded in 2017 in Ecuador, Hacienda San Cristóbal represents the evolution of the Criollo Project. Precision agriculture principles are applied across 47 hectares: higher planting density, grafting techniques, fertigation, and a new tree architecture allow for increased productivity and quality, while continuing to preserve the genetic heritage of cacao.
Quality is a value. Quality has a cost. For Domori, this means guaranteeing growers a fair price and building a supply chain founded on quality, respect and continuity.
Together with the growers
The quality of cocoa begins in the field and involves growers at every stage of the process, including the delicate post-harvest steps, starting with fermentation. Domori has always worked alongside them with training programs and technical assistance, developing agronomic knowledge and practices that improve the cocoa’s productivity, quality, and aromatic complexity.
Domori guarantees growers a fair price, independent of international market fluctuations, a choice that makes fine cocoa growing sustainable and honors the work, expertise, and care that quality is built on.
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