Mexican Government Introduces Wellness Chocolate
This morning at President Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, Maria Luisa Albores, Minister of Alimentación para el Bienestar, introduced three new chocolate products to be sold throughout the country: a 50% cocoa bar, a 30% cocoa powder, and a 35% cocoa for the table.
- Chocolate bar (14MXN): 20 grams, 50% cocoa (40% cocoa paste, 10% cocoa butter), 35% cane sugar, no additives.
- Powdered chocolate (38MXN): 30% cocoa, 8.8% vitamins and minerals.
- Table chocolate(96MXN): 35% cocoa, cinnamon from Sembrando Vida.
“It’s a healthy, high-quality treat that provides energy without processed sugar. A chocolate export within everyone’s reach,” Albores said. The government seeks to promote fair trade, support rural development, and encourage healthier eating habits.
All of the products are made without artificial flavors, artificial colourings or refined sugars, using natural cane sugar, along with powdered milk, salt and vanilla.
Small peasant producers in the states of Chiapas and Tabasco produce the cocoa, using agroforestry methods, enrolled in the government’s Sembrando Vida program, which is revitalizing small and collective agricultural production in the country. 34 million pesos were used to purchase more than 160 tons of cocoa.
The chocolate will be available for purchase at Tiendas Bienestar, which will roll out 27,000 public grocery stores operating throughout Mexico, primarily in rural areas and areas not served by other private grocer chains.
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