Belgian firm adds PNG cocoa to its brand

A BELGIAN chocolate manufacturer has included PNG cocoa beans in one of its leading organically-grown chocolate product brands. Meurisse Chocolate NV, established in 1845, is using cocoa beans from PNG farmers to produce the dark PNG chocolate brand that is 73 per cent cocoa. The company also mixes the PNG cocoa with nuts and other ingredients to produce other brands, including the dark caramel and almond brand. PNG’s Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union, Joshua Kalinoe said the embassy had been promoting PNG products, including cocoa. He welcomed the fact that PNG had its own brand of chocolate in the EU market. Kalinoe invited the company to join the PNG pavilion in the Dubai expo to tell the PNG cocoa story from a manufacturer’s perspective. “We are inviting other companies, including those in PNG, to tell the PNG story about their products as well including those in the agriculture sector,” Kalinoe said. “Our emerging brands like Queen Emma Chocolate and Highlands Honey have been invited to partner with the PNG Expo2020 team as well.”