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EDUCATION

SUSTAINABLILITY
Bensdorp, a Barry Callebaut brand

Crafting Cocoa Powders
Bensdorp, a Barry Callebaut brand, features a new way for customers
to achieve a superior and interesting taste experience. Bensdorp
Natural Dark is a ﬂavorful, 100% natural cocoa powder with a superior taste obtained without being processed with alkali.
Bensdorp Natural Dark is health-focused and flavorful. In a
consumer taste test, the new natural dark cocoa powder was
approved by consumers all over the world.
The new product enables food manufacturers to deliver a rich
and chocolaty ﬂavor in all major applications while offering a
clean label. Bensdorp Natural Dark's alkali-free processing gives
it the rich ﬂavor and the deep dark color consumers prefer while
remaining completely natural. It comes at a time when health-focused consumers are increasingly seeking out premium products
with taste and a recognizable ingredients list.
Natural Dark has a much wider range of applications than other
natural cocoa powders due to its rich, chocolaty ﬂavor and premium
dark brown color. The taste palate is a mix of roasted cocoa, spices,
and a hint of dried fruits giving way to warm notes that blend well
with toasted aromas, such as coffee or pecan nuts.
To validate the propostition, Bensdorp set up a consumer experiment. The video can be viewed here: New Bensdorp Natural Dark
cocoa powder - approved by consumers.

ZERO SUGARS

So how does one create delicious chocolate desserts and get the
positive beneﬁts of chocolate without the negative health effects
of too much sugar? One solution is to replace sugar with SweetLeaf
Sweeteners. SweetLeaf Liquid Stevia Chocolate Sweet Drops - in
2-ounce and convenient 50-ml squeezable BPA-free bottles - can
add a rich, chocolate taste to just about any food, beverage or
recipe, giving chocolate lovers the taste they crave with zero sugars.
"SweetLeaf Liquid Stevia Chocolate Sweet Drops is every chocolate
lover's dream," says Brian Jensen, brand and marketing director.
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Cocoa and chocolate products continue to be enjoyed by
consumers around the world,
with sustainability remaining
top of mind when making their
purchases. To connect consumers
with the journey of the cocoa they
are eating and drinking, Cargill
has launched CocoaWise, a
digital portal that provides a lens
through which food and beverage
manufacturers have increased
knowledge and shareability into the origin
of the products they source from Cargill's
direct supply chain.
"As one of the world's leading cocoa and
chocolate producers, we sit at the center
of the cocoa sector and connect all the
players in the value chain, from working
hand-in-hand with the farmers to sustainably providing high-quality products to our
customers," says Harold Poelma, president of
Cargill's cocoa and chocolate business. "With
cutting-edge technologies, like CocoaWise,
we are able to strengthen this collaboration
and move the industry forward together
toward a more transparent and sustainable
cocoa supply chain."
CocoaWise provides customers with fast,
easy access to the sustainability data of
Cargill's cocoa supply chain. With full, realtime visibility, CocoaWise enables customers
to be more deeply connected to the communities from which they purchase their cocoa
and see ﬁrsthand the impact of ﬁnancial
investments in key initiatives that meet the
needs of the cocoa farming communities on
the ground, such as providing sustainable
agriculture coaching for farmers, entrepreneurship trainings for women and nutritional
programs for families.
Cargill takes a technology-driven,
evidence-based approach to fostering
sustainability and transparency across the
cocoa sector. Its digital portal, CocoaWise,
and data platform, CocoaWise 360, are
the next steps in this journey to source,
manufacture, and market sustainable cocoa.

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