Lab
Where rainforest ingredients come to life
Our Amazon Rainforest Food Lab
The Amazon is one of the world’s great untapped food frontiers. The Canopy Lab exists to change that — turning overlooked rainforest ingredients into products that chefs, consumers and communities can all get excited about.
Based in Archidona in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Canopy Lab is a rainforest food innovation lab and test kitchen where we work hands-on with rainforest ingredients to develop formulations, solve processing challenges and create market-ready products. We work directly with local producers throughout, ensuring that innovation generates real value at the source.
The Tasting Room
The best way to understand what rainforest ingredients can do is to taste them. Our tasting room in Archidona is where we bring together chefs, buyers, researchers, community members and curious visitors to experience Amazon flavors firsthand — roasted macambo, ishphingo-spiced dishes, chonta in forms most people have never encountered. It’s a place for discovery, conversation and collaboration, and a table where ingredients that have fed the Amazon for centuries get to make their case to the wider world. Our best ideas often start here.
Collaboration
We work with community enterprises, startups, established food companies, universities and government agencies to develop new products rooted in the Amazon. If you’re curious about what we’re working on or want to explore a partnership, we’d love to hear from you.
A proud partner in COLAB, the Ecuadorian network for culinary innovation, together with Iche and Fundación Familia Salesiana.
