BEAN&CO PROCESSING BEANPROCESSING S.A

Global demand for chocolate and cocoa based products is rising significantly due to rising incomes, urbanization, and a growing middle class.

‘Single origin’, certified and sustainably sourced chocolate has gained significant traction, as consumers are increasingly demanding chocolate that is both traceable and sustainably grown.

Inefficient farming practices, as well as crop diseases and spoilage has significantly cut yields of leading cocoa producing countries.


The majority of smallholder farmers operating in emerging markets cultivate less than 5 hectares of land, yielding approximately 500 kg/Ha annually.


Low productivity among smallholder farmers is attributed to:

The growing demand and constrained supply of cocoa presents an attractive opportunity to stabilize the global cocoa supply with a guaranteed quality, distinctiveness and expertise.

Bean & Co implements innovative agronomic methods and technologies in order to ensure outstanding and consistent yield of 5 – 7 times the global average production capacity.

Our cocoa beans are carefully cultivated to perfection, delivering the exotic taste and handcrafted flavor exclusive to Bean & Co.

The Bean & Co approach utilizes modern cultivation methods in order to ensure premium quality cocoa beans, including:


At full capacity, cocoa farming and processing centers are set to produce some of the highest returns-on-investment in the agriculture industry.

The company has developed a global deal flow of assets, encompassing a diverse portfolio of investment opportunities. In each location, the company has a strong presence and familiarity with the political forces, local culture, and regulatory environment.

Bean & Co leverages its expertise to select the most attractive and profitable cocoa projects available in its pipeline.

Experienced staff:
Bean & Co’s team of experts have more than three decades of global agriculture development and management experience. The team’s experience includes hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of successfully realized projects, strong networks and relationships on the ground, and industry-leading expertise in tropical agronomy.

Deal Flow:
Bean & Co has developed a global deal flow of projects, resulting in the ability to “cherry-pick” the most attractive and profitable cocoa projects and create a diverse portfolio of investment opportunities.

Local Presence:
In each project location, Bean & Co has a strong presence and familiarity with the political forces, local culture, and regulatory environment.

Strategically located processing centers:
Our processing centers are near our existing plantations and the best plantations worldwide, in order to purchase pods from the local framers and immediately process the fruits.

Collaboration with local farmers:
Providing knowledge, tools and support to the local farmers enables us to supervise their yields, maintaining premium quality and increased produce.

Agro Technology and Methods:
To secure high-yield and premium quality, Bean & Co adopts innovative agronomic methods and technologies including: an increase in trees per hectare, mechanized cultivation, advanced growing methods, introduction of irrigation, fertilization, and improved varieties, and phyto-sanitary protection. These technologies and practices allow our modern plantations to achieve outstanding yield performance and consistent production of 5 to 7 times more than the global average production capacity.

Direct Sales:
With a combination of high quality yields and economics of scale, Bean & Co is able to bypass the traders and secure off take agreements with the major industry players.

The food and beverage market has undertaken new, original trends highly focused on health awareness, originality, and nutritional content. The market is driven by the demand for healthy, superfood products as consumers are increasingly conscious of origin and contents of products.

Bean & Co responds to the market demand by maximizing the potential of the cocoa fruit by efficiently creating new and innovative cocoa products from the traditionally discarded components of the fruit.

Bean & Co produces the following cocoa products:

Cocoa Pulp:
Produced by extracting the natural thin white layer surrounding the fresh cocoa beans within the cocoa fruit. The Pulp is used to create juice, ice cream, sorbet etc.


Cocoa Flour:
Produced from the outer husk of the cocoa fruit that encases the wet beans. The cocoa husk is extremely nutritious in elements including iron, fiber, magnesium, theobromine, and high antioxidant levels.

Bean & Co is a global cocoa company that grows and cultivates large scale sustainable cocoa plantations worldwide (South America, Africa, Oceania & Asia) and produces raw and innovative products from the remains of the cocoa pod.

Bean & Co applies advanced agronomic methods and modern technologies throughout its plantations in order to ensure maximal efficiency, sustainability and transparency. Bean & Co’s methods of best practice renders an unparalleled model for cocoa production, delivering high quality cocoa products for global distribution.


Bean & Co produces quality cocoa across hundreds of hectares, creating idyllic cocoa plantations in rural destinations globally. Our expert agronomists create exemplary conditions for quality cocoa growth, and are committed to agricultural excellence and environmental sustainability.

Global demand for chocolate and cocoa based products is rising significantly due to rising incomes, urbanization, and a growing middle class.

‘Single origin’, certified and sustainably sourced chocolate has gained significant traction, as consumers are increasingly demanding chocolate that is both traceable and sustainably grown.

The company has developed a global deal flow of assets, encompassing a diverse portfolio of investment opportunities. In each location, the company has a strong presence and familiarity with the political forces, local culture, and regulatory environment.

Bean & Co leverages its expertise to select the most attractive and profitable cocoa projects available in its pipeline.

Bean & Co implements innovative agronomic methods and technologies in order to ensure outstanding and consistent yield of 5 – 7 times the global average production capacity.

Our cocoa beans are carefully cultivated to perfection, delivering the exotic taste and handcrafted flavor exclusive to Bean & Co.

Experienced staff: Bean & Co’s team of experts have more than three decades of global agriculture development and management experience. The team’s experience includes hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of successfully realized projects, strong networks and relationships on the ground, and industry-leading expertise in tropical agronomy.

The food and beverage market has undertaken new, original trends highly focused on health awareness, originality, and nutritional content. The market is driven by the demand for healthy, superfood products as consumers are increasingly conscious of origin and contents of products.

We believe that our sustainability efforts are the key ingredients for achieving our quality cocoa products. 
Bean & Co promotes environmental protection, scarce resources and socio-economic improvement for individuals in each project area.

We develop and operate commercial cocoa farms alongside smallholder farmers, providing them with the proper support and knowledge to improve local livelihood and increase income.

Location
Bean & Co develops cocoa plantations in relatively drier regions in order to ensure positive land use and mitigation of forestry harm.

Local Empowerment
Bean & Co’s mission is centered on local responsibility and future advancement for smallholder farms, training employees with the necessary tools, knowledge, and technology to operate its commercial plantations.

Job Creation
Bean & Co is proud to be able to create a chain of direct and indirect local jobs in each project region. We hire men and women alike, and provide them with a familial atmosphere that promotes agricultural training, familiarity with tools, and advanced technologies.

Increase Income
By utilizing 27% of the cocoa fruit instead of 10% Bean & Co is able to increase its own income as well as the local smallholder’s income.