Jan 30 2012 --- At this year‘s ISM, Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high quality cocoa and chocolate products, launched its Cameroon chocolates and cocoa powders made with cocoa from a sustainable cultivation. Through its unique Quality Partner Program, QPP, Barry Callebaut assists the Cameroonian farmers with in-depth knowledge of cocoa farming and thus aims to improve the quality of the cocoa together with the participating cooperatives and cocoa farmers.

 

Cameroon chocolates and cocoa powders – appealing to all senses. The milk chocolates created with the red cocoa from Cameroon are of outstanding quality. The fertile ground of the dense rainforest in Cameroon, enriched with volcanic soil, tremendously contributes to the exceptional taste and quality of the Cameroon cocoa beans. Moreover, a special fermentation process has been put in place to ensure a maximum of flavors and aromas in the bean.

 

Thanks to the premium grade red cocoa, Barry Callebaut‘s Cameroon milk chocolates have an intense shine, warm color and very pronounced milky chocolate flavor. The cocoa component in these chocolates tastes pleasantly bitter with a rich fruity acidity that refreshes the palate. Combined with sweet hints of caramel and toffee, Cameroon milk chocolates are appealing to all senses.

 

The Cameroon cocoa powders are perfectly suited for use in bakery applications and are available under the Bensdorp brand.

 

Barry Callebaut’s unique sustainability program. Barry Callebaut launched its Quality Partner Program, QPP, with cocoa farmer cooperatives in 2005 in Ivory Coast. QPP is a long-term sustainability program based on direct partnerships between Barry Callebaut and cooperatives. QPP enables and encourages farmers to grow and produce cocoa in a sustainable, responsible way.

The emphasis of the Quality Partner Program is on quality: The program aims to improve quality in distinct ways, such as farmer training in Good Agricultural Practices and the usage of sustainable production, harvesting and post-harvest management practices. QPP is also working towards improving the overall quality of life of cocoa farmers and their families by offering opportunities to earn more from higher yields and the improved quality of the crops, as well as through improved access to health care and education.

 

In 2010, Barry Callebaut extended the Quality Partner Program to cocoa farming communities in Cameroon.