Dagoba Organic Chocolate facts for kids
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| Industry | Food |
| Fate | Acquired by Hershey in 2006, returned to private ownership in 2021 |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Frederick Schilling |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Organic chocolate |
| Parent | Hershey (2006–21) |
Dagoba Organic Chocolate was a special brand of chocolate. It was started in 2001 by a person named Frederick Schilling. In 2006, a big company called The Hershey Company bought Dagoba. But in June 2021, Dagoba became a private company again. This means it was no longer owned by Hershey.
Hershey decided to sell Dagoba, along with other brands like Krave Pure Foods and Scharffen Berger. They wanted to focus more on snacks like chips and healthy bars. After Dagoba became private, another chocolate company, Scharffen Berger, moved its main office and production to the Dagoba factory in Ashland, Oregon. Even though Dagoba is no longer part of Hershey, its website still sends you to the Hershey site.
The name Dagoba comes from an old language called Sinhalese. It means "hemispherical dome," which is a type of round building called a stupa.
What Dagoba Chocolate Sells
Dagoba makes different kinds of chocolate products. These include special chocolate bars, chocolate for baking, cacao powder, chocolate drops, and drinking chocolate.
Since August 2012, all Dagoba products have been certified by the Rainforest Alliance. This means the cacao beans used are grown in a way that helps protect the environment and workers. Before this, some products also had "fair trade" certification. Now, all the cacao beans used to make Dagoba Chocolate are Rainforest Alliance Certified.
Dagoba Chocolate Bars
Here are some of the chocolate bars Dagoba used to make. The percentages show how much cacao (the main part of chocolate) is in each bar.
- 84% Pure extra Bittersweet: A very dark chocolate.
- Rich Dark 74% Bittersweet: A rich, dark chocolate.
- Picante 74%: This bar was spicy! It had chilies, cacao nibs, nutmeg, orange, and vanilla.
- Dark 59% Semisweet: A less bitter dark chocolate.
- Lavender Blueberry 59%: This bar had wild blueberries and a hint of lavender.
- Ginger Lime 37%: A milk chocolate with crystallized ginger and lime flavor.
- Milk 37%: A classic milk chocolate bar.
- White Chocolate 37%: This white chocolate had raspberries, vanilla, and peppermint.
Dagoba also made different types of drinking chocolate:
- Unsweetened: Cacao powder with bits of 100% dark chocolate, without added sugar.
- Authentic: Cacao powder and 100% dark chocolate bits, with cane sugar.
- Xocolatl: Cacao powder, 100% chocolate bits, cane sugar, chilies, and cinnamon.
Other products from Dagoba included:
- Cacao powder: Used for baking or making drinks.
- Chocolate Drops, 74% bittersweet: Small pieces of dark chocolate.
- Baking Bars: Large bars of chocolate for baking, in 59% and 100% cacao.
