Protecting what nourishes us — from the materials we cook with to the stories we pass down.
In October 2025, Ghana’s Food and Drug Authority (FDA) urged a national ban on Dadesen pots after laboratory tests revealed dangerous lead levels leaching into food.
Across the African diaspora and beyond, the Dadesen pot has close cousins — similar round, wide aluminum or cast metal pots used for rice, stews, or soups. Lovingly called the Dutchie in Jamaica, Caldero in Puerto Rico, Chodyè in Haiti, Canari in Senegal.
Each carries the same story: community, flavor, and the sacred bottom pot — that perfect crisp rice we all grew up fighting for. One pot connects us all.
Currently, millions of households still use unregulated cookware made from scrap aluminum, posing chronic health risks — particularly to children and pregnant women.
Heritage & Home™ is reimagining ancestral cookware for modern kitchens — merging design, safety, and soul.
Our goal is to develop lead-free, food-safe cookware that eliminates toxic materials from cultural cooking without sacrificing flavor, ritual, or identity, while meeting today’s standards for quality and beauty.
Our mission is to preserve authentic flavor, ritual, and identity — elevating the cultural cookware our families grew up with and ensuring it remains safe, celebrated, and proudly displayed at the center of every table.
1. Certified Materials:
We partner with materials engineers to ensure every piece meets or exceeds global standards for lead-free, PFOA-free safety.
2. Independent Testing:
Third-party labs will verify compliance for every production batch, with results published publicly.
3. Community Education:
We plan to collaborate with local health agencies and culinary educators to raise awareness of cookware safety and cultural preservation.
4. Cultural Continuity:
From Ghana’s Dadesen pot to the Caribbean Dutchie and Latin American Caldero, we celebrate the shared ritual of “one-pot” meals — safely.
We’re building a bridge between ancestral cooking traditions and modern food safety science — proving you don’t have to choose between heritage and health.
Every pot we make will be tested, traceable, and transparent.
We’re actively seeking collaborations with materials engineers, chemists, and public health experts to validate cookware safety, study cultural cooking materials, and publish transparent lab findings.
Together, we can protect what nourishes us — ensuring cultural cookware is as safe as it is beautiful.
(Coming Soon: Our first lab partnerships and test results will be shared here.)
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