Barry Callebaut: Introducing Healthy Indulgence to Meet Demands for Functional Chocolate

Barry Callebaut has recently introduced the first industrial-scale probiotic chocolate as well as the first tooth-friendly chocolate, endorsed by dentists and loved by mothers and children.

23/09/08 Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high quality cocoa and chocolate products, will be putting a wide array of innovative cocoa and chocolate products on display at HIE. The outcome of years of research, this latest product line-up strikes the perfect balance between health, indulgence and new taste experiences.

Functional Chocolate: Marrying Health and Indulgence
Adding further evidence to the place of chocolate in a healthy, balanced diet, Barry Callebaut has recently introduced the first industrial-scale probiotic chocolate as well as the first tooth-friendly chocolate, endorsed by dentists and loved by mothers and children. Furthermore, the spectrum of Barry Callebaut’s nutritionally improved chocolate products includes: fiber-enriched, sugar and/or fat reduced and sugar-free chocolate. Moreover Barry Callebaut’s White Chocolate & Fruit is the first white chocolate to include real fruit and all the benefits it contains.
 
Cocoa Flavanols: 100% natural health benefits, straight from the cocoa bean
Barry Callebaut’s ACTICOA process offers the very best in natural protection, straight from the cocoa bean. Thanks to its high concentration of cocoa flavanols, ACTICOA cocoa and chocolate helps to restore the balance between antioxidants and free radicals in our body. It has been scientifically proven that flavanols have a beneficial effect on cognition while helping to slow down the aging process. They also help to maintain the powers of concentration and memory and contribute to maintaining good blood circulation and a healthy blood pressure. At the HIE we will reveal the results of new clinical studies related to the heart. Scoop at the HIE: Barry Callebaut will present its cocoa flavanol extract, This extract, containing all the benefits of the cocoa bean in a concentrated form, can potentially add a touch of health to a wide range of food products.
 
An amazing new taste and texture experience: Croquoa
Barry Callebaut is proud to announce the advent of Croquoa, a brand-new texture, based on cocoa and sugar. These tiny lightweights have an unbeatable crunchiness and contain no artificial additives, no coloring, flavoring or conservatives. They can add the taste of refinement to virtually any application. Better still: Croquoa is made from defatted cocoa powder, so it is low in fat. Its aerated texture also helps push the calories down to an absolute minimum.