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Cocoa. Our unique know-how.

Cocoa is the most typical ingredient in chocolate, and we use it in some of our most loved products for its remarkable combination of flavour and taste, carefully selecting it and processing it.

Experts at cocoa processing

Through the years we have developed a unique expertise in combining and processing the different cocoa beans to create the special aroma and taste of our recipes.

Once the cocoa beans have been removed from the ripe fruit, they are left to ferment for a week, usually under banana leaves, to allow the natural flavours and aromas to develop, and then dried for five days before being shipped to our factories. Here they undergo our rigorous quality controls: organoleptic, physical, chemical, microbiological checks. We then further dry the beans and grind them into a mill that that separates the edible ground nibs from the skin.

The ground nibs are finally roasted to enhance their aroma and colour and because we roast most of the beans ourselves, we can constantly monitor their fragrance, quality and freshness. Then we grind the roasted nibs obtaining a cocoa mass that is then pressed to separate the cocoa butter from the cocoa "cake". Lastly, we break the cocoa cake to get the cocoa powder that we use in our recipes. 

The cocoa mass, which is rich in precious cocoa butter, mixed with sugar and other ingredients then processed, gives the Kinder dark chocolate. If added with different percentages of whole milk powder, it gives origin to the different kinds of milk chocolates used for Kinder treats. 


Harvested from tropical climes

We source cocoa mainly from West Africa and South America, where the hot and humid climate is ideal for its cultivation. Here we buy the cocoa beans raw and whole primarily from the main harvest, which has the highest quality.

Our commitment
to sustainable cocoa sourcing

We are committed to sourcing our cocoa responsibly and have achieved our goal to source all our cocoa beans and chocolate via independently managed sustainability standards like Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade, and others. 

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Milk
Milk
Hazelnuts
Hazelnuts
Cereals
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Fats and Oils
Fats and oils
Palm Oil
Palm Oil
Sugar
Sugar
Malt extract
Malt
extract
Emulsifiers
Emulsifiers
Raisingagents
Raising
agents
Flavourings
Flavourings
Salt
Salt