Cocoa nibs, ie bits of fermented, dried, roasted and crushed beans, are broken down in our unique cold breaking system combined with a preheating method that uses steam power instead of natural gas. What’s more, by heating beans just before roasting, rather than earlier in the factory’s production line, less energy is lost. The two innovations – the cold breaking concept developed at our Louviers factory in France, and preheating, developed by our factory in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada – are not only saving 12% in gas bills and associated carbon emissions, but because they’re more efficient, we produce more beans in a shorter time. We believe this is a first breakthrough of its kind within the cocoa industry.