Ruby chocolates are displayed during a launch event held by chocolate maker Barry Callebaut AG in Shanghai on Tuesday. Barry Callebaut AG, the world's largest cocoa processor, has come up with the first new natural colour for chocolate since Nestle SA started making bars of white chocolate more than 80 years ago. While it has a pinkish hue and a fruity flavour, the Zurich-based company prefers to refer to it as "ruby chocolate." As Hershey cuts 15% of its staff and Nestle tries to sell its US chocolate business, ruby chocolate raises the possibility that next Valentine's Day may arrive with store shelves full of natural pink chocolate hearts. "The beans used to make ruby chocolate come from Ivory Coast, Ecuador and Brazil and the unusual colour comes from the powder extracted during processing,'' de Saint-Affrique said.

Source: Bangkok Post September 07, 2017 03:48 UTC