| Capabilities & Expertise |
- Broadest global R&D capabilities: largest network of pilot lines, application labs and CHOCOLATE ACADEMY™ demonstration and training centers
- Largest sized, most focused and experienced R&D team: more than 500 technical customer visits per year
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| Partnerships |
- Approximately 30 partnerships with Universities, Research Institutes, labs, scientists etc. around the world
- 9 human clinical successful studies performed in 2009-2011 to support health claims for Efsa approval
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| Intellectual Property |
- More than 35 patent families recently filed, providing unique technology
- Around 40 international patents filed
- Proprietary product & process knowledge leads to more effective outsourcing
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| Broad Offer |
- Ability for industrial volume of above-grade beans/products
- Broadest offer of certified chocolate, compounds and fillings
- Broadest industrial supplier of decorations, inclusions, and printing products
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| Performance |
- More than 1900 ongoing projects (>850 successfully closed)
- Implementation of large outsourcing deals leads to repeat outsourcing
- Successful at premium specialties: Terra Cacao™, Certified, Nut fillings
- Deepest new product funnel – 83 new products under development
- Prize-winning agronomics research (Selbourne cocoa plantation in Indonesia)
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