From the native Amazon cocoa, a differentiated flavour emerges. From an experienced and passionate chocolatier, an unique chocolate is born, which delights those who taste and changes the lives of those who produce. Recognized for the uniqueness of its bars, Chocolates De Mendes demonstrates that it is possible to produce high standard artisanal chocolate, with environmentally responsible production and added value at the origin, contributing to the quality of life improvement of more than 70 local communities, such as indigenous peoples, quilombolas, riverside people, women's organizations and family farmers.

The De Mendes products are a result from the work of many hands and many stories, but bear the brand of their founder, César De Mendes. With a deep knowledge of the cocoa production chain, this Amapá citizen living in Pará identifies and selects almonds with singular sensory excellence, in partnership with the traditional Amazon populations, who often harvest the fruit in native forests with difficult access. As a result, chocolates of distinguished terroir that, between one bite and another, transport their consumers to ancestral flavours and knowledge, through the appreciation of cocoa grown in indigenous villages or through the rescue of culinary traditions led by riverside women. Chocolates De Mendes is not just an Amazon business, but an Amazon business for the Amazon.