Cocoa / cacao — lead, cadmium & transparency
Ora Cacao Uplifting Uganda
Another high-transparency cacao pick: Ora currently discloses a most recent 19 ppb lead result and says its East African cacaos run lower in cadmium than its Central and South American lines.
VerdictStrong transparency-based pick, but a notch below Thriving Tanzania.
Why it ranks
Uplifting Uganda makes the board because Ora's heavy-metals page specifically says this product most recently tested at 19 ppb lead and also states that its East African cacaos have lower cadmium values than its Central and South American cacaos. I am keeping the claim narrow because Ora did not publish a product-specific cadmium number for this SKU on the page I verified.
Highlights
- Live brand disclosure: most recent lead result 19 ppb
- Ora says East African cacaos trend lower in cadmium than its Central and South American lines
- Exact product image verified from the current Ora Cacao product page
- More current and specific than generic natural-cocoa category placeholders
Caveats
- No product-specific cadmium figure verified on the live page during this run
- Still not directly comparable to CR's retail tablespoon-style cocoa powder data
Testing method
Ora Cacao live heavy-metals page plus exact current product-page verification