Tag page - cacao beans

TUAO, Cagayan — Cacao beans produced in this municipality have gained international recognition after being used in a chocolate bar that won a Bronze Award at the International Chocolate Awards 2026. Kasama Chocolate’s 70% Tuao Chocolate Bar scored 87.8 percent and received the Bronze Award in...

A couple in Tanay, Rizal, both retirees from their respective jobs in the private sector, is seeing the continuing growth of the cacao industry in the province this year. Romeo and Nancy Casco, who are both hands-on in their cacao farm located at Sitio Sampiro in Barangay Plaza Aldea, told Manila...

Auro Chocolate is an award-winning Filipino chocolate brand that sources cacao beans from farmers in Davao. The company works directly with five cocoa-producing cooperatives and 50 individual farmers, representing over a thousand families.  Read: Empowering local farmers through chocolate Ira...