Antidote is a pure and premium, direct-trade chocolate brand founded in NYC in 2010 by designer and tastemaker Red Thalhammer. Her mission since 2009 has been simple: A chocolate that actually delivers the true cacao benefits. Not as a marketing claim. As a fact of how it's made. An antidote to fatigue, anxiety, low mood, and the dull weight of a difficult day. The result is high-cacao, low sugar chocolate (70–100%) that is genuinely smooth and complex, never bitter, always lead-free and low in cadmium. Antidote is known for wildly original flavor combinations — Sesame + Seaweed, Lemon + Licorice, Anise + Tomato, Lavender + Red Salt — crafted with real botanicals, fruits, and spices – never essential oils or artificial flavoring. Antidote has been recognized by the Academy of Chocolate (UK), for outstanding flavor. Every bar is made bean-to-bar in Ecuador using single-origin Nacional Complex cacao. Woman-owned, carried in over 250 specialty stores across the US, and shipped directly to your door.