Beloved Somatakers, Your gut is a magical place (you’re welcome). Even as you read this, lovely bacteria in your large intestine are metabolising (actually fermenting) fiber, producing short-chain fatty acids which regulate inflammation, support immunity,...

    Who is Polyphenol? The Jason Bourne of the Plant World.  ---     Thrilling news, Soma-allies,   After years of wondering wistfully, we finally stumped up the cash to get our cacaos lab-tested...

    Dear Somastayers,   Splendid news!   As of December 2025, our weekly newsletter might be the most read cacao- or chocolate-themed online periodical in the health and wellness space among adults aged 28-47...

Soma Cacao is a whole-bean cacao paste designed for daily drinking. We use the entire cacao bean, including the naturally occurring cacao butter, and work directly with small farms to source single-origin cacao that can...

The biochemistry behind your morning drink and how to choose what is right for you There is no one size fits all approach to our health. Genetics, physiology and nervous system sensitivity all play a...

  Dear Somastylers,   Please forgive us!   Last week we sent an email saying cacao contained 40% fibre by mass. This was wrong! The truth is that Soma Cacao contains roughly 15-20% fibre by...

  Gentle Somi, You have trillions of little creatures living in your colon. That’s not an insult – that’s science. Every human being has around 100 trillion microorganisms in their digestive tract, which means there...

The term “me-time” first appeared around 1980 in magazines aimed at working mothers (a new demographic then) trying find a balance between the demands of employment and family life. Life has only gotten busier in...

Dear Somatisers,   One of our nerdiest joys is reading research papers on cacao and the way it works in our bodies. We hope that, in our emails, we’ve painted a picture of what your...