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Guidelines, Forms & Resources

Here you can find downloads of all Cacao of Excellence documents and publications.

Guide for the Assessment of Cacao Quality and Flavour

This Guide offers precise instructions for the establishment of cacao processing and assessment facilities and the creation of sensory evaluation panels with a strong scientific and technical foundation. Its objective is to empower cacao producers, enabling them to enhance the quality of their cacao products. By equipping industry professionals with essential knowledge and tools, this guide seeks to strengthen capacity throughout the cacao value chain, with a particular emphasis on cacao-producing origins.

Guide for the Assessment of Cacao Quality and Flavour

Guía para la Evaluación de la Calidad y el Sabor del Cacao

Guide pour l'évaluation de la qualité et de la saveur du cacao

Guida alla valutazione della qualità e sapore del cacao

Cacao of Excellence Flavour Wheel

The Cacao of Excellence Flavour Wheel tool provides a quick and comprehensive overview of a shared vocabulary for flavour attributes and their sub-attributes. It assists in standardising the terminology used during evaluations.

2023 Cacao of Excellence Flavour Wheel

2023 Cacao d'Excellence Roue des Saveurs

2023 Cacao de Excelencia Rueda de Sabor

2023 Cacao of Excellence Ruota dei Sapori

Cacao of Excellence 2023 Edition Feedback Report

This template report provides feedback to all participating cacao bean producers about the quality of the sample submitted. Providing individual feedback is a critical part of the Cacao of Excellence Awards process as it gives producers a unique opportunity to understand detailed results of the evaluation of their sample, and improve quality for future production.

Feedback Report (Template) - ENGLISH
Rapport d'évaluation (modèle) - FRANCAIS
Informe de retroalimentación (plantilla) - ESPANOL

Cacao of Excellence Evaluation Form

This form is designed to record the flavour attributes and their intensity scores, global quality assessments, and any additional comments that may be useful for communication with the producers of the cacao bean samples and any users of the product.

2023 Evaluation Form - English

2023 Evaluation Form - French

2023 Evaluation Form - Spanish

2024 Evaluation Form - Italian