Cocoa Processing

Companies In Ghana
Presented by:
Ama Agyemang
Gloria Adjei Mensah
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Outline

• Introduction

• Cocoa Processing Companies In Ghana

• Local and Multinational

• References

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Introduction
• Cocoa is the main agricultural export in Ghana
• It is also the main cash crop in the country

• Ghana is ranked number two in cocoa production

just after Ivory Coast (Goodman,2017)

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Cocoa Processing Companies In Ghana
Local Multinational
• Plot Enterprise • ADM Company
• Cocoa Processing Company • Cargill
Limited
• Olam
• Delfi Ventures • Ceres Demeter Ltd
• Niche Cocoa • Cocoa Touton Processing
Company
• Afrotropics (both)
• Barry Callebaut

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 Cocoa Processing
Companies In Ghana

Local
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Plot Enterprise
• Cocoa Processing Company in that has its factories in Takoradi,
Western Ghana.

• Products manufactured by plot enterprise Ghana include:

• Natural Ghana cocoa liquor- from fermented cocoa beans

• Natural Ghana cocoa butter

• Natural Ghana cocoa cake and powder – which is made from

processed chocolate liquor.

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 Cocoa Processing Company Limited (CPC)
• A cocoa processing company located in Tema
• The company has three factories:
• two of which are cocoa factories while one is a confectionery factory.
• Inside the cocoa factories, cocoa beans are processed into
products:
• such as butter, cocoa liquor, powder or natural cake
• Itemized on the Ghana Stock Exchange since 2003 have a
market share of GHS 0.02 as at February, 2020 with the market
cap being GHS 40,761,400

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 CPC Products

There are seven different Pebbles comes in Choco Delight is a

brands namely, Kingsbite, an array of delicious chocolate
Oranco, Akuafo, Coffee Choc, rainbow colours spread made from
Portem Nut, Portem Pride and justifiably is carefully selected
and Tetteh Quarshie the pledge of many ingredients and is a
children and adults great condiment to bread
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 CPC Products

Royale provides the cocoa GoldenTree chocolate The beans are sorted,
lover with an unadulterated Couverture comes in roasted, winnowed and
drink that contains no two varieties, milk and milled to produce
additives whatsoever, just dark chocolate cocoa butter
pure cocoa Usually in 25kg blocks
or 100g bars packed
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Delfi Ventures
• A cocoa processing company located in Accra
• Quality chocolate brands under the name De’Laugh Chocolates

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Niche Cocoa
• Located in Tema Community 1 at the Free Zone Enclave
• Produce both finished and semi-finished cocoa products
which include:
• Conventional and specialized cocoa liquor, natural cocoa
butter, and natural cocoa cake and chocolates

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Products from Niche Cocoa

Cocoa Butter Cocoa Powder

Cocoa Liquor

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 Cocoa Processing
Companies In Ghana

Multinational
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Afrotropic Cocoa Processing Ltd (ACPL)
• A local Ghanaian company with multinational
background
• (exports their products to different international countries)
• Mainly produces cocoa liquor and butter
• Also produce cocoa powder and cake
• Has 100% market shares
• Given to Nutkao Group, an Italian company

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 Exports
Export Products Export Destinations
• Pure Prime Pressed (PPP) • United States, Netherlands
Cocoa Butter
• France, Spain
• Natural PPP Cocoa Cake /
• England, Bulgaria
Kibble
• Hungary, Ukraine
• Alkalized PPP Cocoa Cake /
Kibble • Iran, China
• Natural Cocoa Powder • Thailand, Singapore
• Alkalized Cocoa Powder and • The Philippines
• Dark Alkalized Cocoa Powder
Flavoured Cocoa Powder
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 ADM Company
• A multinational food processing company that was established in
1902
• The company has more than 270 plants and more than 500
procurement facilities in different countries
• In Ghana, the company is strategically located in Kumasi in the
Ashanti Region, closer to the cocoa farmers
• ADM is into cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, cocoa cake and
confectionaries

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ADM’s Products

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Cargill
• An American company that was founded back in 1865
• Has been conducting its operations in Ghana for more than 40
years
• buying cocoa from Ghana
• Located in Tema where they have been operating a processing
plant since 2008
• Cargill in Ghana deals with animal feeds and production of
cocoa products

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Cargill Cocoa Products

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Olam Cocoa International
• Located in Kaase, Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region
• In the manufacturing of semi-finished products:
• Cocoa liquor, Cocoa butter and Cocoa powder
• At the international level, their portfolio consist of products
of BT Cocoa, Britannica, deZaan, Joanes, Huysman and
Unicao brands

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Olam Cocoa International
• Their main end product in Ghana is liquor
• They produce three different recipes of liquor
• export them through Unicao (brand)
• In 2016/2017, Olam Cocoa had a market share of 15-20 %

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Ceres Demeter Limited
• Cocoa company located at the Greater Accra Region, Ghana
• Other than cocoa processing, the company also engages in
businesses such as fishing and mining
• In the production of cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, cocoa powder
and confectionaries

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Ceres Demeter’s Products

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Cocoa Touton Processing Company
• A multinational company located in Tema
• Produces chocolate confectioneries and non-chocolate
confectioneries
• Cocoa beans and their top product is cocoa liquor

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Barry Callebaut
• Started their operation in 2015 and are situated at Tema
• Their main product in Ghana is cocoa butter and paste
• Export to France, Poland, Belgium, Germany and Netherlands
• Produces a high-quality chocolate and cocoa products
• World’s largest producer of chocolate
• The cocoa department is part of the huge Barry Callebaut
Confectionery
• Have been producing these products for over 175 across the globe.

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References
• Afrotropic Cocoa Processing Limited. Available at
https://www.gepaghana.org/import/ghana-exporter/afrotropic-cocoa-processing-ltd-acpl/
[Retrieved on 28/06/21 at 8:27am]
• Barry Callebaut Available at https://www.barry-callebaut.com/en-SG [Retrieved on
28/06/21 at 9:22am]
• Cargill, Ghana. Available at https://www.cargill.com/worldwide/ghana. [Retrieved on
19/06/21 at 10:30pm]
• Cocoa Processing Companies in Ghana. Available at https://yen.com.gh/112232-list-
cocoa-processing-companies-ghana.html [Accessed on 19/06/21 at 7:30pm]
• Goodman, A. M. C. (2017). Ghana’s Cocoa Processing Industry: An Attractive Investment
Option. Available at http://www.goodmanamc.blog.com [Accessed 19th June, 2021 at
7:00pm]
• New Cocoa Processing plants in Ghana. Available at https://www.adm.com/news/news-
releases/adm-announces-new-cocoa-processing-plant-in-ghana [Accessed on 19/06/21
at 8:30pm]
• Niche cocoa. Available at http://nichecocoa.com/ [Retrieved on 19/06/21 at 11:30pm]
• Olam Ghana. Available at https://www.olamgroup.com/locations/africa/ghana/cocoa-in-
ghana.html [Retrieved on 20/06/21 at 5:30pm]

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