# Uncommon Cacao

> Uncommon Cacao is a specialty cacao trader that buys high-quality beans from thousands of smallholder farmers and sells them to premium and craft chocolate makers worldwide. Its signature move is radical openness: it publishes a public Transparency Report disclosing the prices paid at every step of the supply chain, and remains the only international cacao trader to do so. Founded by Emily Stone and built on the back of its Belize export operation Maya Mountain Cacao, the company is a certified B Corp and Public Benefit Corporation working to decommoditize cacao and pay farmers more.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** Arvada, Colorado, United States
- **Founders:** Emily Stone (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~8 (core team); broader network includes origin operations and thousands of partner producers
- **Products:** Source + Trade, Transparent Trade model, Maya Mountain Cacao (Belize), Cacao Verapaz (Guatemala)
- **Notable:** Only international cacao trader to publicly disclose farmgate prices for 10+ years, Certified B Corp since 2013; 2024 score of 113.4 (well above the certification threshold and median), Public Benefit Corporation

## Products & services

- **Source + Trade** — Wholesale supply of traceable specialty cacao to premium and craft chocolate makers and manufacturers across the U.S. and Europe.
- **Transparent Trade model** — A public-disclosure trading framework that publishes farmgate, FOB and other prices paid across the value chain in an annual Transparency Report.
- **Maya Mountain Cacao (Belize)** — Farmer-focused post-harvest and export operation in Belize, the company's founding entity, working directly with smallholder producers.
- **Cacao Verapaz (Guatemala)** — Origin sourcing and export operation in Guatemala built on the same direct-partnership model.

## Achievements

- Only international cacao trader to publicly disclose farmgate prices for 10+ years
- Certified B Corp since 2013; 2024 score of 113.4 (well above the certification threshold and median)
- Public Benefit Corporation
- Average farmgate price reported above the Fair Trade certified export floor
- Founder Emily Stone named an Ashoka Fellow (2013)
- Grew from a single Belize export operation into a multi-country sourcing network

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Reported an all-time-high B Corp score of 113.4, far above the median and certification threshold.
- **2022-08** — Published Transparency Report revealing an average farmgate price of about US $2,610/ton, above the Fair Trade floor; suppliers paid producers ~25% over local market price.
- **2020** — Released its 2020 Transparency Report detailing prices paid across the value chain.

## Links

- Website: https://uncommoncacao.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/uncommon-cacao
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/uncommoncacao
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncommoncacao/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncommoncacao/

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Last updated: 2026-06-08