Our story

It all began in India. The cashews tasted so good that the idea of cashew trading grew out of the pleasure. And today, the idea is the basis of the Pakka Group, based in Zurich. Pakka has grown organically, like the nuts themselves. The company was founded on 3 June 2006 by Ueli Baruffol and Balz Strasser.

The beginning was very private. Pakka was literally a family business. The living room table at home was turned into a production line. The first bags with the precious kernels were packed and delivered with the support of the whole family.

In 2014, however, the strategic focus was shifted completely to organically produced and fairly traded nuts and nut value chains.

Cashews and other nuts have since been joined by choco fruits, choco nuts, chocolate, coconut oil and dried fruits.

Through the experience Pakka is today a competent provider of services around organic and fair trade nut and snack specialties from southern regions of origin goes.

As the company has grown, its current structure has also emerged:

Our four business units...

• Pakka Foundation
• Biodina SA 
• Pakka Finance AG
• Pakka (Products) AG 

...cover the entire value chain of our products: starting with consulting and pre-financing of local farmer cooperatives, through trading in raw materials and semi-finished products, to the distribution of our own innovative "Pakka" brand.