Last week at the gym my friend Paul suggested I come up with the company history of Santa Barbara Chocolate to share with everyone on the blog. Paul mentioned as a customer he likes to know a company's history. So with his help and help from the office we came up with a short biography of Santa Barbara Chocolate.
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California based Santa Barbara Chocolate Company, founded by Matt Lansford and Jason Vishnefske in 1992, is a registered trademark company purveying exotic chocolates and cocoas from around the world. Organic chocolates and single origin varieties from countries like Peru, Ecuador and Cameroon, fair trade and earth friendly healthy products are the focus of Santa Barbara Chocolate Company.
The Santa Barbara Chocolate brand of raw chocolate is used by chocolatiers, patisseries, bakers and chocolate enthusiasts seeking healthy chocolate alternatives, including those extremely high in cocoa flavanols (antioxidants) and probiotics which science has proven to be beneficial to the human body. Also available through their website are many finished products including organic chocolate truffles, bon bons, California chocolates containing fruits and nuts, imported European classics and cocoa in many forms.
Master Chocolatier Jason Vishnefske's family history of purveying chocolate originated in nineteenth century Prague, Czech Republic. As a boy in Kansas, he mastered the secret family recipes and learned about the cocoa trade. Then while attending college in 1992, at a time when chocolate was considered only candy, Jason started developing new recipes more consistent with his passion for physical fitness and well being. He began importing exotic types of raw chocolate from around the world, blending them and recruiting fellow students for test marketing thus forming the Santa Barbara Chocolate Company.
Santa Barbara Chocolate Company supports pure plantation and organic natural cacao growing methods, thereby encouraging eco-friendly farming techniques that further sustainability and fair pay for the farmer. Developing these relationships with ethical cacao brokers and farmer co-ops helps to ensure the consistent supply of quality origin cacao. The best cacao varieties are selected, fermented and dried in the country of origin. The beans are then cleaned, roasted, ground and crafted to precise specifications allowing the taster to experience the full flavor unique to that cacao genotype and growing region. Facilities are ISO certified, operating according to the highest hygienic standards in the industry. Independent microanalysis lab testing guarantees the utmost food safety, highest quality and best flavor cacao products available.
Santa Barbara Chocolate Company supports pure plantation and organic natural cacao growing methods, thereby encouraging eco-friendly farming techniques that further sustainability and fair pay for the farmer. Developing these relationships with ethical cacao brokers and farmer co-ops helps to ensure the consistent supply of quality origin cacao. The best cacao varieties are selected, fermented and dried in the country of origin. The beans are then cleaned, roasted, ground and crafted to precise specifications allowing the taster to experience the full flavor unique to that cacao genotype and growing region. Facilities are ISO certified, operating according to the highest hygienic standards in the industry. Independent microanalysis lab testing guarantees the utmost food safety, highest quality and best flavor cacao products available.
Santa Barbara Chocolate Company celebrity clients include Wolfgang Puck, Kelsey Grammer, Charlie Sheen, Ozzy Osbourne, Jack Nicholson and Oprah Winfrey. US Army troops based at Camp Freedom Iraq, sailors aboard the USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier and guests at two Presidential Inaugural Balls have enjoyed Santa Barbara Chocolates.
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