Each hand-crafted bar contains the bare minimum of ingredients - premium cacao, coconut sap sugar, and a drop of natural oil to add flavour such as peppermint, orange, berries or caramel. The cacao beans are grown organically and the chocolate bars are free from cane sugar, dairy, nuts and soy.
Glenn was a fourth-generation coffee farmer who fled for his life with his young family, arriving in New Zealand with only a suitcase in hand. The traumatic experience has motivated him to work hard and use everything at his disposal. Even now, Solomons Gold is a zero-waste factory where even the wooden pallets are upcycled into beautiful rosewood tables.
We still use it today. I chucked it in a blender and added icing sugar and that was the first batch of Solomons Gold. It just blew my mind. About 60 growers and local staff are now at the heart of the Solomon Gold story.
It takes a staggering hours to turn a cacao bean into a bar of Solomons Gold. Glenn who has also previously worked as an aircraft engineer and a master builder , designed much of the factory equipment himself and has literally built the business from scratch. Each bar is individually poured, de-molded and wrapped by Andrea and her team before being sold in Foodstuffs supermarkets and specialty shops nationwide.
Glenn is incredibly proud to have founded a family-orientated business and his eyes light up when his young grandchildren pop by the factory to say hi.
