After the success of the first rescue, we’re back at it with Pakka!
This time, the deadline’s coming up fast: best-before dates range from late June to late September 2026. A best-before date isn’t an expiration date—it’s the date until which optimal quality is guaranteed. After that, the product is still perfectly good, especially for dry goods. It’s just too tight a timeline for traditional retail.
Behind every Pakka bag, there’s a 100% organic cooperative in Peru, Burkina Faso, or Colombia. Letting this batch go to waste means brushing aside all that hard work. Not on our watch!
It all started in 2005, in Zurich. Three partners noticed something: in the cacao and dried fruit trade, producers got crumbs while middlemen took the lion’s share. They decided to flip the supply chain: start at the source, process locally, and sell only organic and fair trade.
Flipping the supply chain
Back then, Colombian cacao was shipped as raw beans to Europe, and African cashews took a detour through Asia for shelling. Producers pocketed just 5 to 10% of the final price.
Pakka flipped that: in Colombia, the company co-founded Equiori, the first integrated organic chocolate factory in a producing country. In Burkina Faso, cashews are hand-shelled on-site. In Peru, fruits are dried where they grow.
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Store away from light, in a dry place at room temperature—a cupboard works just fine. Once the bag is open, transfer to a jar: fruits stay soft, nuts stay crunchy, and chocolate stays melt-in-your-mouth.
Organic and Fairtrade cashews from producer cooperatives in Burkina Faso. Hand-harvested, cracked, and shelled in safe working conditions—shelling being the most delicate step in the cashew supply chain. They’re then dry-roasted without oil and seasoned with a blend of Swiss Alpine herbs grown in the Bernese Oberland.
Taste and uses
A crunchy texture with a mild, creamy flavor, lifted by a hint of salt and a slightly spicy herbal note. Nutrition-wise, cashews are a great source of plant-based protein, unsaturated fatty acids, and minerals like magnesium and phosphorus. Perfect as-is at aperitif time, crushed as a topping on soup or salad, or tossed into muesli.
Direct trade
Pakka works directly with producer cooperatives and processes part of the raw materials as close to the source as possible, bringing more value back to producers—their “tree to you” approach.
Grown in the fertile Tarma Valley in central Peru, between the snow-capped Andes peaks and the Amazon.
Taste and uses
The contrasting climate and intense sunshine give these pineapples a particularly bold flavor. The dried pieces are perfect as a healthy snack on the go.
Direct trade
Pakka works with Greenbox, a company founded in 2011 where 65% of the workforce is women. The fruits are harvested ripe, gently dried, and packaged on-site—the entire chain stays in Peru, from cultivation to packaging.
Three sun-soaked tropical classics—mango, pineapple, and physalis—organically grown in Peru. Harvested at full ripeness and gently dried on-site, with no added sugar or sulfur.
Taste and uses
A well-balanced trio: sweet and fleshy mango, refreshing and tangy pineapple, and bright, slightly tart physalis. A soft, chewy texture. Nutrition-wise, it’s mainly fiber and natural fruit energy, plus antioxidants from the physalis. Enjoy as-is, mix into yogurt or porridge, or chop into a cake or fruit salad.
Direct trade
Here, everything is produced in Peru, from cultivation to packaging. Pakka’s partner, Greenbox, works with around 250 producers in the Peruvian Amazon and the highlands of Tarma, with local processing and fruit waste composted to close the loop.
Pomegranate arils from ancient local varieties, grown in Varganza, a village in southern Uzbekistan at the foot of the Pamir—some pomegranate trees there are up to 200 years old. During ripening, each fruit is hand-wrapped in paper to protect it from the intense sun. Harvested in autumn, then sun-dried with the pulp, with no sugar or oil.
Taste and uses
The dried pulp combines a rounded fruitiness with a bright acidity, while the seed adds crunch—somewhere between a raisin and a cranberry. Sun-drying intensifies the flavors. Rich in antioxidants (polyphenols, anthocyanins), fiber, and potassium. Enjoy them by the handful, scatter over hummus, labneh, or tabbouleh, liven up a rice or couscous dish, or toss into granola. Pro tip: soaked for a few minutes in warm water, they plump up and become juicy again.
Direct trade
From harvest to drying, the entire chain stays in Uzbekistan. The Dustkul Bogi cooperative, certified organic and fair trade since 2012, handles the harvest; partner Silk Road Organik Foods processes on-site using solar energy. Pakka buys directly, with no middlemen, pre-finances harvests, and pays the Fairtrade premium.
They come from Burkina Faso, around Bobo Dioulasso—2,000 farming families behind every bag.
Taste and uses
Roasting brings out their buttery side, while the salt enhances without overpowering. Perfect at aperitif time, but also crushed over lentil curry or butternut squash soup.
Direct trade
Hand-shelled on-site, shipped by boat to Hamburg, where they’re gently dry-roasted and lightly salted.
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