Chocolates to fight cancer
07/04/2005 10:02  - (SA)  

Health24: Cancer Centre

Singapore - The world's biggest chocolate maker plans to introduce its cancer-fighting variety in Europe, the United States and Japan on Monday and in Singapore within half a year, Swiss-based Barry Callebaut said in a published report on Thursday.

The company, which produces more than 38% of the world's industrial chocolate products, has discovered a technique to retain cancer-fighting antioxidants which are usually destroyed during cocoa fermentation, The Business Times said.

It has set its sights on making Singapore the "chocolate capital of Asia", Ben De Schryver, financial controller of the company's Asia-Pacific operations, was quoted as saying.

"Chocolates are associated with Belgium and Switzerland," he said. "In Asia, we want consumers to associate chocolate with Singapore" he noted in announcing a multi-million-dollar white-chocolate line here to meet the requirements of customers in the Asia-Pacific region.

The company supplies industrial chocolate to hotel patisseries and companies such as Unilever, Nestle and Kellogg's, among other big names. - Sapa-dpa

- SAPA

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