Our Story
My family's love of chocolate runs deep. Its origins begin in 1940’s Cuba where the Navia’s ran a successful chocolate and confectionery business. To help prepare him for working at the company and to learn the latest in manufacturing science, my grandfather was sent to the USA to study Food Technology at MIT. This would be a pivotal decision and shape the trajectory of all our lives as my grandfather and his young family would return to the US after the fall of Cuba in 1961 leaving the family business and chocolate factory behind.
Chocolate, especially dark chocolate, remained a loved staple in our home. We weren’t making it anymore but we were definitely eating it! As fate would have it, I would follow in my grandfather’s footsteps and also study Food Science in school but by the time I finished school I had become disillusioned with the food industry. So much time, talent, and money wasted to make food that is unhealthy. It was also about this time that I realized that the quality of chocolate I had been eating for most of my life was moderate at best.
So after years of tinkering, a trip to the Dominican Republic to see how cacao is made firsthand, and much thoughtful planning I am proud to launch Codex Chocolate Company!
I have made this chocolate for you, well definitely for me too, but mostly you! Each and every ingredient was considered with care to not only make Codex Chocolate delicious but better for you too.
Our chocolate is all things you would hope it would be, Organic, Fair-trade, 74% dark and delicious.
On the inside, a mix of collagen peptides, nuts, and egg whites provide a range of protein sources and deliver 4 grams of protein per square.
Over 150 mg of heart healthy cocoa flavanols are supplied from both the high quality chocolate and cocoa powder.
Each square also has less than 100 calories, has 3 grams of fiber, and only 2 grams of sugar. Did I mention that they are also delicious!
Wishing you many days filled with chocolate!
James Navia - Founder