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Mez Foods’ chief ingredient is mesquite, the plant commonly used for barbecue products. It’s sustainable, naturally sweet and good for you, say brothers and co-founders Bob and Ben Schultz.

Café-style hot chocolate represents something simple transformed through technique and ingredient quality into something genuinely special.