Dagoba Chocolate
Dagoba Organic Chocolate is a brand of premium organic chocolate founded in 2001 by Frederick Schilling. It has been owned by The Hershey Company since 2006. Its founders are no longer involved but Hershey has maintained the brand's factory in Ashland, Oregon. The name Dagoba is Sinhalese from "dhatu-garbha", Sanskrit words for "hemispherical dome" i.e.stupa. The brand was founded with a commitment to socially responsible business. Like coffee, the production of chocolate retains vestiges of colonial relationships, so issues of social equity and "fair trade" arise. All Dagoba products are organic, Non-GMO Certified, and Rainforest  Alliance Certified. Products. Dagoba currently sells specialty chocolate bars, baking chocolate, cacao powder, chocodrops, and drinking chocolate. NOTE: As of August 2012, all products are Rainforest Alliance Certified, and the company has dropped fair trade certification (which used to apply to the cacao powder, drinking chocolates, and the discontinued Conacado bar, 73% ChocoDrops and syrup) 100% of the cacao beans used to produce Dagoba Chocolate products are Rainforest Alliance Certified. Chocolate bars. Dagoba's specialty is their line of 2.83 oz flavor-infused bars created by what the company calls "The Art of Chocolate Alchemy™. Here is a list  of the current product line of Dagoba chocolate bars. Percentages indicate the cacao content. Dagoba Chocolate also produces a line of Drinking Chocolates: Dagoba Chocolate also produces the following items: Hershey's. In October 2006, Dagoba was acquired by The Hershey Company. Hershey's CEO Richard H. Lenny stated in a press release "Organic chocolate products are experiencing dramatic growth as consumers continue to trade up for indulgent, high-quality products."