Auro Chocolate celebrated yet another milestone as it won a Silver Award at the 2025 Edition of the Cacao of Excellence Awards, earning recognition as one of the 50 highest-ranking cacao producers around the world.
The award recognized Davao City’s David Christopher Dela Serna, one of Auro Chocolate’s partner farmers, for his exceptional cultivation of Regalo, one of the chocolate brand’s signature cacao beans.
This also marked Auro’s third win, as well as the third time that one of their farming partners has received such distinction.
The official results were announced last month at Chocoa, the leading trade fair and conference in Amsterdam dedicated to advocating for high-quality and sustainable chocolate.
The Cacao of Excellence Awards is the most prestigious award-giving body in the cacao industry, dedicated to recognizing the world’s best cacao and its producers.
For the 2025 edition, they reviewed 191 samples from 45 origins around the world during an 18-month blind evaluation process. At least 50 entries were recognized for their quality and performance, among them Auro Chocolate’s signature Regalo cacao beans produced by Dela Serna.
Hailing from Barangay Tacunan, Tugbok District in Davao City, Dela Serna has worked closely with Auro Chocolate for years in developing the quality of his cacao beans, all while maintaining sustainability, traceability, and craftsmanship in each stage of the production.
Auro Chocolate has previously won the Top 20 Best Cacao Beans Award in 2019 and a Silver Award in 2023, both times with different partner farmers from Davao.
