The Cocoa Processing Company Limited is a Ghanaian
cocoa
Cocoa may refer to:
Chocolate
* Chocolate
* ''Theobroma cacao'', the cocoa tree
* Cocoa bean, seed of ''Theobroma cacao''
* Chocolate liquor, or cocoa liquor, pure, liquid chocolate extracted from the cocoa bean, including both cocoa butter and ...
processing company. They are listed on the
stock index
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Two of the pri ...
of the
Ghana Stock Exchange
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, the
GSE All-Share Index
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Market listings
Pr ...
. It formed in 1981.
Products
*Chocolate Varieties (''Tetteh Quarshie Bar (TQ Bar), Kingsbite, Oranco bar, Akuafo Bar, Portem Pride, Portem Nut, Coffeechoc'')
*Choco-Bake
*Choco Delight (''chocolate spread'')
*Groundnut Coated with Chocolate (''Pebbles (Chocolate dragees)'')
*Royal Natural Cocoa Powder
*Alltime (''Instant drinking chocolate'')
*Vitaco (''Instant drinking chocolate'')
The Company’s products have won several local and international quality awards, thereby confirming the
organoleptic
Organoleptic properties are the aspects of food, water or other substances that create an individual experience via the senses—including taste, sight, smell, and touch.
USDA uses
In traditional U.S. Department of Agriculture meat and poultr ...
quality of food products presented to consumers. In the year 2002, nine of the company’s products have been presented at the World Quality Selections, organized by
Monde Selection Monde Selection is an annual non-competitive award open to food, drinks, and cosmetics products, created in 1961. It is run by the commercial company, International Institute for Quality Selections, Brussels, Belgium. Consumer products are tasted a ...
. Eight of them (the seven branded
chocolate
Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed in some form since at least the Olmec civ ...
s and Alltime) have received a Gold Quality
Award
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration.
An awar ...
and one of them (Vitaco) – a Silver Quality Award.
International Awards
, goldentreeghana.com
See also
* List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers
A bean-to-bar company produces chocolate by processing cocoa beans into a product in-house, rather than merely melting chocolate from another manufacturer. Some are large companies that own the entire process for economic reasons; others are smal ...
References
External links
Cocoa Processing Company official homepageCocoa Processing Company at Alacrastore
Food and drink companies of Ghana
Food and drink companies established in 1981
Companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange
Ghanaian chocolate companies
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