Hanoi (VNA) – A batch of Vietnamese organiccocoa powder has been shipped to Japan and will be sold in Okinawa andHamamatsu prefectures.
This is the first time Vietnam has officially exported organiccocoa to the choosy Japanese market.
According to Ho Si Bao, Director of Amazon Food Company, theorganic cocoa powder was produced in the southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
The company spent three years working with local farmers todevelop a cocoa material area meeting the organic standards of the USDepartment of Agriculture (USDA) and the Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS),he said.
Bao revealed that in November, another batch of 1,000chocolate bars will be shipped to Japan.
Last year, organic chocolate with 92 percent of cocoaproduced by the Amazon Food Company won a bronze prize at the InternationalChocolate Awards./.
This is the first time Vietnam has officially exported organiccocoa to the choosy Japanese market.
According to Ho Si Bao, Director of Amazon Food Company, theorganic cocoa powder was produced in the southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
The company spent three years working with local farmers todevelop a cocoa material area meeting the organic standards of the USDepartment of Agriculture (USDA) and the Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS),he said.
Bao revealed that in November, another batch of 1,000chocolate bars will be shipped to Japan.
Last year, organic chocolate with 92 percent of cocoaproduced by the Amazon Food Company won a bronze prize at the InternationalChocolate Awards./.
VNA
