COCOA CRAVE MIX

Nature’s Harvest Cocoa Crave Mix is a smooth, no added sugar wholefood beverage blend made with ceremonial grade cacao, maca extract, Australian carob, Ceylon cinnamon, and vanilla.

We call it our 5 superfood chocolate style blend because it brings together rich cacao, naturally sweet carob, warming cinnamon, smooth vanilla, and maca extract in one comforting drink.

It is designed for customers who want a chocolate-style latte or hot cacao ritual without added sugar, cheap fillers, artificial flavours, or unnecessary additives.

No, Nature’s Harvest Cocoa Crave Mix has no added sugar. You can enjoy it as a rich, chocolate style drink on its own or add your preferred sweetener, such as honey, maple syrup, coconut sugar, monk fruit, or stevia.

With no added sugar, the blend is focused on premium wholefood organic ingredients, not cheap fillers or sugar heavy bulking ingredients, so you can sweeten it your way.

Cadmium testing is important because cacao can naturally contain cadmium from the soil where it is grown. This is a known issue in cacao and chocolate products, especially products with higher cacao content.

Nature’s Harvest Cocoa Crave Mix conforms to strict European Union cadmium levels for chocolate and cocoa products, supporting our focus on quality, transparency, and customer care. In Australia, food products are also governed by the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, which sets standards for contaminants and food safety.

For Nature’s Harvest, this is part of A Whole Lotta Goodness®: choosing ingredients carefully, testing where it matters, and giving customers greater confidence in the quality of what they drink.

Cocoa Crave Mix tastes rich, smooth, chocolatey, and gently warming, with natural sweetness from Australian carob and aromatic softness from Ceylon cinnamon and vanilla.

It is designed to give you the comfort of a hot chocolate-style drink without being overly sweet. Because there is no added sugar, you can keep it more cacao rich or sweeten it to your taste.

Cocoa Crave Mix gets its smooth, naturally sweet character from Australian carob, along with aromatic vanilla and Ceylon cinnamon.

Carob has a gentle caramel like flavour that helps balance the deeper, richer notes of ceremonial grade cacao. This helps Cocoa Crave Mix taste smoother and more rounded, while keeping the blend completely free from added sugar.

It is one of the reasons Cocoa Crave Mix feels comforting and chocolatey while still giving you control over your own sweetness.

Cocoa Crave Mix can be enjoyed like a healthier style hot chocolate, but it is not a typical sugar heavy hot chocolate powder.

Many hot chocolate powders are mostly sugar, milk solids, flavours, or fillers. Nature’s Harvest Cocoa Crave Mix is made with a 5-superfood blend of ceremonial grade cacao, maca extract, Australian carob, Ceylon cinnamon, and vanilla, with no added sugar.

We use ceremonial grade cacao because it offers a richer, more premium cacao experience than ordinary cocoa powders.

Cacao is naturally earthy, chocolatey, and full-bodied. In Cocoa Crave Mix, it is balanced with Australian carob, Ceylon cinnamon, and vanilla to create a smooth chocolate style drink without added sugar.

Cacao and cocoa both come from the same magical place: the cacao bean. So yes, Cocoa Crave Mix contains cacao, no identity crisis, just a delicious naming choice.

Cacao is generally considered closer to the original wholefood form of the cacao bean, while cocoa is often processed at higher temperatures and commonly used in more conventional chocolate products.

Nature’s Harvest uses ceremonial grade cacao because it brings a richer, more premium chocolate flavour and naturally occurring plant compounds. We call the product Cocoa Crave Mix because it creates that comforting cocoa style drink people know and love, just with a more considered wholefood ingredient base.

Maca is a root vegetable traditionally grown in the Andes and commonly used in wellness rituals for vitality, stamina, and everyday energy.

Nature’s Harvest uses maca extract, which has been gently prepared to reduce its starch content. This makes it different from ordinary raw maca powder, which can be harder for some people to digest.

Because much of the starch is reduced during this process, maca extract is generally more concentrated and easier to use in a smooth drink. It also blends beautifully with ceremonial grade cacao, Australian carob, Ceylon cinnamon, and vanilla to create a rich, grounding cocoa style latte.

Maca is often described as an adaptogenic root, meaning it contains natural plant compounds that may help support the body’s ability to adapt to everyday stress. It is traditionally used to support vitality, balance, and everyday energy, without relying on coffee or added sugar.

Cocoa Crave Mix contains naturally occurring caffeine from cacao, but much less than coffee or matcha.

Cacao is usually considered a gentler source of naturally occurring caffeine. It also contains theobromine, another natural cacao compound that contributes to cacao’s rich, uplifting character.

If you are sensitive to caffeine or focused on sleep, enjoy Cocoa Crave Mix earlier in the day or check how your body responds.

Yes, Cocoa Crave Mix can be enjoyed as a coffee alternative if you are looking for a rich, chocolate style café drink without coffee.

It is not completely caffeine free because cacao contains naturally occurring caffeine, but it is generally much gentler than coffee or matcha. For a fully caffeine free option, choose blends such as Nature’s Harvest Turmeric Latte Mix, Turmeric Latte Mix Chilli Free, Turmeric + Lion’s Mane, or Shroom Magic Mix.

Yes, Cocoa Crave Mix can be enjoyed hot, iced, or blended into recipes.

For a hot drink, mix your serve with a small amount of hot water to make a smooth paste, then add warm milk or your favourite plant-based milk.

For an iced drink, first mix your serve with a small amount of hot water to make a smooth paste, then add cold milk and ice. Shake, whisk, or blend well. You can also add Cocoa Crave Mix to smoothies, porridge, yoghurt, desserts, and baking.

Yes, Cocoa Crave Mix is designed as a wholefood beverage blend that can be enjoyed as part of your everyday routine.

Because it contains cacao, it has a small amount of naturally occurring caffeine. Customers who are sensitive to caffeine may prefer to enjoy it earlier in the day.

Nature’s Harvest blends can be enjoyed at different times of day, depending on whether the product contains naturally occurring caffeine.

Our caffeine-free blends, such as Turmeric Latte Mix, Turmeric Latte Mix Chilli Free, Turmeric + Lion’s Mane, and Shroom Magic Mix, can be enjoyed morning, afternoon, or evening. Many customers love them as a warming coffee alternative or a calming night time ritual.

Blends that contain naturally occurring caffeine, such as those with matcha, are generally best enjoyed earlier in the day. Caffeine can stay in the body for many hours. As a simple guide, if caffeine has a half-life of around 5–6 hours, about half may still be in your system after 5–6 hours, and about a quarter may still remain after 10–12 hours.

This matters because caffeine can make it harder to fall asleep and may affect sleep quality, including deep sleep. For customers who are sensitive to caffeine or focused on sleep, it is best to enjoy caffeinated blends in the morning or early afternoon and choose caffeine free Nature’s Harvest blends any time of day.

Forest garden style farming is a way of growing crops within a diverse, layered ecosystem, rather than relying on chemical-heavy monocropping. Instead of one crop growing alone in exposed fields, forest gardens can include trees, shade plants, spices, fruits, and other crops growing together in a more natural system.

For Nature’s Harvest, supporting forest garden style farming helps encourage biodiversity, healthier soils, natural shade, and more resilient farming communities. It reflects our belief in A Whole Lotta Goodness® — good for you, good for the community, and good for the planet.

We use Ceylon cinnamon, also known as “true cinnamon,” because it has a softer, sweeter, more delicate flavour than common Cassia cinnamon. This helps create a smoother, more balanced latte without overpowering the turmeric, ginger, cardamom, vanilla, and chilli.

Ceylon cinnamon is also naturally much lower in coumarin, a plant compound found in higher levels in Cassia cinnamon. While Cassia is widely used because it is cheaper and stronger tasting, regular high intake of coumarin may place extra strain on the liver, which is why Ceylon cinnamon is considered the more thoughtful choice for an everyday beverage blend.

At Nature’s Harvest, we choose Ceylon cinnamon over cheaper Cassia because it better reflects A Whole Lotta Goodness®: premium flavour, cleaner formulation, and careful ingredient choices for customers who may enjoy our blends regularly.

Yes, many Nature’s Harvest blends can be enjoyed as a coffee alternative, especially if you are looking for a comforting café style drink without coffee. Our Turmeric Latte Mix, Turmeric Latte Mix Chilli Free, Turmeric + Lion’s Mane, and Shroom Magic Mix contain no coffee and no caffeine, making them beautiful options for a naturally caffeine-free daily ritual, without relying on coffee or stimulants.

Some Nature’s Harvest blends contain wholefood ingredients with naturally occurring caffeine, such as matcha or cacao. For example, Matcha contains naturally occurring caffeine and is generally higher in caffeine than cacao. Cocoa Crave Mix contains cacao, which usually provides a much gentler amount of naturally occurring caffeine.

As a practical comparison:

Product or ingredient Approx. naturally occurring caffeineTurmeric Latte Mix 0mg Turmeric Latte Mix Chilli Free 0mg Turmeric + Lion’s Mane 0mg Shroom Magic Mix 0mg Cocoa Crave Mix Approx. 4–8mg per 4g serve, based on 46% cacao Matcha blend Approx. 19–44mg per serve, based on 1g matcha

So, if you want a completely caffeine-free coffee alternative, choose one of our turmeric or mushroom based blends with no matcha or cacao. If you are happy with a small amount of naturally occurring caffeine, cacao-based blends such as Cocoa Crave Mix may still be a gentler option than matcha. Always check the individual product label for the full ingredient list and caffeine information.

No, Nature’s Harvest blends are not coffee products. Our blends contain no coffee and most are naturally caffeine-free, making them a beautiful option for anyone looking for a warming café style drink without coffee.

Some blends may contain ingredients with naturally occurring caffeine, such as matcha, cacao, or black tea. For example, Matcha and Cocoa Crave Mix contain naturally occurring caffeine from their wholefood ingredients. Always check the individual product label for the full ingredient list and caffeine information.

Nature’s Harvest leaves sugar out so you stay in control of how sweet your turmeric latte is. Many latte powders are bulked out with sugar, but our blend focuses on clean, concentrated, organic-grown wholefood spices.

This reflects the care behind A Whole Lotta Goodness®. Nature’s Harvest was founded by Hament, a former practising pharmacist, and our product education is supported by Taylor, our naturopath, nutritionist, and business partner. Together, that background guides our focus on thoughtful formulation, transparent ingredients, and customer education, because caring for customers means giving them cleaner choices, not hiding sugar in the blend.

Reducing added sugar can support everyday wellbeing by helping reduce excess energy intake and supporting healthy weight management. It can also help avoid unnecessary blood sugar and insulin spikes from sweetened drinks, which is especially relevant if you enjoy your turmeric latte at night as a calming, caffeine-free evening ritual.