Olam Insights 2017: Facts on Cocoa
| Quick facts |
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|---|---|
| Total cocoa bean procurement |
Over 1,000,000 MT p.a. |
9 major origins |
Africa: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda Asia: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea South America: Brazil, Ecuador |
| Total processing capacity | In excess of 820,000 metric tonnes, and a refining and milling presence of over 80,000 metric tonnes |
12 major processing centres |
Africa: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana Europe: Germany, Netherlands, UK, Spain Americas: Brazil, USA Asia: Singapore, Indonesia |
Ingredients |
Cocoa ingredients: Cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, dutched cocoa powder, natural cocoa powder Specialty and confectionery fats: Vegetable fats and cocoa butter equivalents (CBEs) |
| 8 Cocoa Innovation Centres (CIC) | Europe: Netherlands, Spain, Germany, UK North and South America: US, Brazil Asia: Singapore, Indonesia |
| Employee strength |
3,000 |
| Number of customers |
More than 2000 |
