about us
From Bean to Byond.
The Byond Story
For too long, the chocolate industry in India was defined by compromise - quality outsourced, sourcing overlooked, and creation dependent on imports.
Byond began with a simple belief: that true excellence doesn’t need to be imported. It can be grown, crafted, and perfected right here.
As India’s only premium chocolate ingredient brand with its own cocoa plantations, we hold control at every stage, ensuring that what reaches a chef’s hands is worthy of their craft.
As India’s only premium chocolate ingredient brand with its own cocoa plantations, we hold control at every stage, ensuring that what reaches a chef’s hands is worthy of their craft.
Byond Today, Byond Tomorrow.
We are only at the beginning.
Our roadmap includes vegan, sugar-free, and origin-specific chocolates, along with specialized inclusions and global collaborations. Byond’s future is not defined by expansion alone – it’s defined by excellence. Our goal is simple: to make “Made in India” synonymous with “Made to Perfection.”
The Purpose Behind
Every Creation
VISION
BYOND
VISION
To redefine India’s place in the global chocolate landscape by crafting ingredients that inspire creations Byond borders, Byond conventions, and Byond time.
MISSION
BYOND
MISSION
To empower chefs, bakers, and creators with uncompromising quality and consistency, elevating everyday creations into experiences of distinction - built on integrity, innovation, and imagination.
Sustainability & Sourcing
At Byond, sustainability is not an afterthought - it begins at the source. On our own cocoa farms, every bean is grown through ethical cultivation and mindful farming practices that honour both the land and the people who tend it.
By owning and managing our farms, we ensure complete traceability, fair labour, and responsible soil care that supports long-term regeneration.
This direct relationship with the land allows us to harvest cocoa of true integrity - transformed into chocolate that is honest, responsible, and genuinely bean to bar.
By owning and managing our farms, we ensure complete traceability, fair labour, and responsible soil care that supports long-term regeneration.
This direct relationship with the land allows us to harvest cocoa of true integrity - transformed into chocolate that is honest, responsible, and genuinely bean to bar.
The Founder’s Ideology
For Sirish Kothapally, chocolate is a pursuit driven by precision, patience, and purpose. With over 14 years in the industry, he recognized the gap between passion and access, skill and supply.
Byond was created to bridge that divide - giving chefs confidence in their ingredients, freedom in their creativity, and pride in their origin.
Byond was created to bridge that divide - giving chefs confidence in their ingredients, freedom in their creativity, and pride in their origin.
“Chocolate made in India should never play second fiddle, it should set the standard.”
by Sirish Kothapally - Founder