Cocoa Processing Company facts for kids
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| Public limited company | |
| Traded as | GSE: CPC |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | 27 November 1981 |
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Key people
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Jacob S. Arthur (Chairman) Richard Amarh Tetteh (CEO) |
| Products | Cocoa Beans |
The Cocoa Processing Company Limited is a special company in Ghana that turns cocoa beans into delicious products like chocolate. It is a big company that is listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange, which means people can buy parts of the company called shares. The company started in 1981.
What They Make
The Cocoa Processing Company makes many yummy things from cocoa. Here are some of their main products:
- Chocolate Bars: They have different kinds of chocolate bars, like Tetteh Quarshie Bar (TQ Bar), Kingsbite, Oranco bar, Akuafo Bar, Portem Pride, Portem Nut, and Coffeechoc.
- Choco-Bake: This is a product used for baking, probably to add chocolate flavor to cakes and cookies.
- Choco Delight: A tasty chocolate spread that you can put on bread or toast.
- Pebbles: These are groundnuts (peanuts) covered in chocolate, like little chocolate candies.
- Royal Natural Cocoa Powder: This is pure cocoa powder, great for baking or making hot cocoa.
- Instant Drinking Chocolate: They make two popular instant hot chocolate mixes called Alltime and Vitaco.
Awards for Quality
The company's products have won many awards both in Ghana and around the world. These awards show that their products taste great and are made with high quality.
In 2002, nine of their products were entered into the World Quality Selections, which is organized by a group called Monde Selection. Eight of these products, including their seven chocolate bars and Alltime instant chocolate, won a Gold Quality Award. Their Vitaco instant chocolate mix won a Silver Quality Award. This proves how good their cocoa products are!
More Information
If you want to learn more about the Cocoa Processing Company, you can visit their official website.
- Cocoa Processing Company official homepage: http://www.goldentreeghana.com/
