Fine Drinking Chocolate, 50% Cocoa

For over 20 years, the chocolatiers at VIVANI have been living out their passion for high-quality chocolate. What began as a small venture has grown into a globally popular, multi-award-winning organic brand with a wide selection of over 60 products—including a variety of chocolate bars, chocolate bars, coating chocolate, cocoa drinks, and truffle pralines. Chocolate as a holistic work of art is the central motto. In this spirit, VIVANI combines innovative recipes made from the finest ingredients with artistic packaging designs and a commitment to sustainability and social responsibility. The Bochum-based company, led by founder and shareholder Andreas Meyer and Managing Director Gerrit Wiezoreck, has been committed for years to combating exploitative child labor and runs its own projects for particularly fair-trade and biodynamically grown organic cocoa in the Dominican Republic, home to the world’s finest fine cocoa varieties.

The production partner is the renowned Weinrich chocolate factory in Herford, East Westphalia—a fourth-generation family business and one of Germany’s oldest chocolate factories. Here, VIVANI chocolates are crafted with a wealth of expertise and attention to detail.

For years, VIVANI has been involved in various projects promoting ecological production conditions and fair treatment of partners in the regions where VIVANI cocoa is sourced, which comes exclusively from organic cooperatives in Latin America. One of the projects closest to their hearts is the “KIDS for KIDS” campaign, through which VIVANI founder Andreas Meyer and his team have been fighting against exploitative child labor for over 10 years. Another is the “Sustainable Organic Cocoa Project”—a cocoa farming project in the Dominican Republic aimed at improving infrastructural, environmental, and social conditions in the long term, in partnership with the participating cocoa-farming families. Also in the Dominican Republic, VIVANI producer EcoFinia has been supporting three cocoa farms for some time now as they transition to biodynamic farming methods. The cocoa produced there is Demeter-certified and is used for VIVANI’s own Demeter product line.

VIVANI has been awarded the “German Sustainability Prize 2024” for its commitment to sustainable transformation.