Amazon Foods Co., Ltd. put into operation a factory to produce cacao powder and chocolate candies of the brand Bapula in Tan Hai commune, Phu My town, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, on August 5.
Cacao powder of the brand Bapula
According
to Ho Si Bao, Director of the company, the factory covers an area of 700 metres
square, using a production line of Belgian technology with a capacity of
roughly 1 tonnes per month.
The main source of cacao for chocolate
production is purchased by farmers in Chau Duc district with an area of about
800 hectares, as well as from the Bapula Ba Ria cocoa cooperative, in Chau Duc
district, with an area more than 100 hectares. Cacao cultivation and care
practices in the cooperative comply with the organic production standard.
The factory offers products such as cacao
beans, cacao powder, chocolate candies such as chocolate with 68% cacao,
chocolate with 72% cacao, chocolate candy with sticky cacao and peanut; Cacao
powder 3 in 1, and cacao wine.
In addition, a stopover for visitors was built
on the grounds of the factory. Visitors will have a chance to visit and
experience the process of making chocolate.
Source: NDO
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