HISTORY

As someone who has personally experienced the discomfort of food allergies, I was inspired to create, with other food artisans and health practitioners, a line of chocolates for myself, family and friends. In a short timeframe we have grown with the rapid increase of people, particularly in the United States, managing immune system dysregulation and metabolic disorders. In response to our community's increasing desire for safe, luxury, all natural, low glycemic, plant-based, gluten and common allergen free choices, we created a line of fine, rich chocolates that most everyone can enjoy.

As a longtime chocophile with soy and nut allergies, I passionately enjoy creating and sharing beautiful, healthy chocolates with others. Our chefs continuously strive to increasingly provide delicious selections such as the new line of superfood selections. They include ingredients like acai, beetroot, black currants and camu that are high in flavonoids and polyphenols.

Previously, our group provided special diet desserts to natural foods groceries. When we found ourselves unable to source a couverture chocolate that was 100% plant-based, milk, gluten, soy, dairy, cane sugar, sesame seed, tree nut and peanut free for our cakes and pastries, we turned to bio chemist, neuro chemistry Professor Dr. David Changaris. He developed for us a base chocolate made pure and simply with just three non-gmo, kosher, organic ingredients:

Belgian cocoa solids
French cocoa butter
Madhava agave nectar

When customers expressed an interest in buying the chocolate on its own, we enlisted my daughter Lauren Allen, a Ferrandi Paris trained chef, to help us develop our line of European style gourmet individual chocolate bars, caramelas and gift selection confections.

Mona Changaris, Founder, Amore di Mona couverture chocolat speciale

PURPOSE

Our mission is to create confections that provide exquisite enjoyment when consumed and peace of mind when gifted.

Sumptuous, masterpiece selections are hand-crafted using ingredients that while essential for some, are enjoyable by all.

COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE

We are intimately involved in every aspect of our business process - from ingredient selection to the final presentation of our offerings in resplendent packaging.

Our chocolates are crafted with only premium, all natural, organic, kosher, non-gmo, sustainably sourced, traded fairly ingredients.

The facilities are wholly owned by us and strictly monitored to maintain common allergen free compliance.

In-house and 3rd party laboratories test our chocolates for purity and to certify that they are free of peanuts, tree nuts, gluten, eggs, lupins, sesame, fish, shellfish, soy and milk.

Our equipment was purchased new and is used exclusively by us.

Individual and most gift selections are heat sealed in gold foil to ensure quality.

Our packaging is recyclable.

SUSTAINABILITY PLAN

We want to take a moment to share with you what we have been doing to contribute to improving the environmental health of the planet and appropriately respond to the challenges we all face as climate destabilization continues to develop.

Ongoing, our selection of ingredients and packaging materials have reflected our focus on health and well being for global citizens and the ecosystems that nourish us all.

Since inception we have created chocolates with organic, all natural, non-gmo ingredients. Where possible, we have established direct relationships with farmers. Boxes, ribbons and insertions have, and continue to be created, with of the earth materials - cottons and papers. Of the few items containing man made components - (plastic windows in cotton boxes, poly ribbon on a few seasonal selections,) we are diligently working with manufacturers to phase them out.

We continue to work closely with our suppliers to reliably maintain common allergen and gluten free, 100% plant-based, vegan ingredients. Lab tests ensure purity and verification of certificates of analysis.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

We are proud supporters of:

The Humane Society of the United States
The American Heart Association
Collegiate & olympic athletics
The Food Allergy Research & Education organization

DESIGNATIONS:

With Leonardo da Vinci as our muse, we strive to combine the goodness of nature with the precision of science and the beauty of art in all that we do.