Chocolate Buyer 2025

7 specialityfoodmagazine.com PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT BOOJA-BOOJA IS CHOCOLATE HEALTHY? Really good quality chocolate (usually of single origin, organic, andmade with minimal ingredients) is touted as a health superfood by nutritionists. The darker, the better. As well as its ability to lift mood and energy, excellent chocolate contains good amounts of fibre, iron, B vitamins, potassium, polyphenols and flavonoids. FUNCTIONAL RADEK’S CHOCOLATE ORGANIC LION’S MANE CHOCOLATE Stone ground and made in micro batches using ethically sourced cocoa, this bar is infused with Lion’s Mane mushrooms sourced from Bristol Fungarium – a nice mood booster. radekschocolate.co.uk KAICAO 70% CACAO – REISHI & ASHWAGANDHA Single origin cacao from Tanzania, naturally sweetened with dates, and blended with reishi mushroom and ashwagandha root powder. The bar is gluten-free and suitable for vegans. kaicaochocolate.com SUGAR FREE THE LITE CHOCOLATE COMPANY DARK ORANGE A cocoa-rich dark chocolate bar flavoured with natural orange, and enhanced with bright pieces of orange. liteconfectionery.co.uk FREE FROM FELLOWS GUMMY BEARS These cute little gummy bears, in a medley of fruity flavours, are free from sugar, gluten, artificial flavours and colours. They’re also suitable for vegans. freefromfellows.com Award-winning chocolate company Booja-Booja has just launched four exciting new products. Causing the biggest sensation is Booja-Booja Hot Chocolate, bringing all the deliciousness and quality customers expect from the innovative organic brand to the hot drinks sector. Rich and sumptuous, Booja-Booja hot chocolate offers dairy-free consumers a premium, luxurious hot chocolate treat. Also new are two enticing additions to the company’s seasonal Winter Special range. Festive Orange Scrunch Chocolate Wonders and The Winter Special Eight Truffle Box, containing both Cherry Bakewell and Hazelnut Crunch Chocolate Truffles, are perfect stocking fillers. Finally, delightfully chewy Fudgie Brownie Chocolate Wonders are a new, irresistible self-treating must-have. boojabooja.com FEEL GOOD A NOTE ON SWEETNESS More andmore British consumers are thinking about their sugar intake and trying to reduce it. However, due to frequent conversations around ultra-processed foods, they’re wary of anything artificial, so if you’re thinking about boosting your range of sugar-free or low sugar confectionery, it pays to keep a keen eye on those labels. Artificial sweeteners to look out for include aspartame, saccharin, sucralose, acesulfame-K, and cyclamate. Consumers are familiar with the natural sweetener stevia, but products could also bemade with allulose (not 100% sugar free but very low), and alcohol-based sugar alternatives such as erythritol and xylitol. Be wary of some of the latter as they can be artificially produced. 100% CHOCOLATE ORGANIC CHOCOLARDER 100% DARK Nothing else is added to this bar, which is crafted from the bean, purely using Peruvian cacao cultivated by the Ashaninka people. Packed full of nutrients, it is completely natural. chocolarder.com WILD THINGZ ORGANIC ZESTY PESTS Plant-based gummy bugs in a mixture of green apple, cherry and lemon flavours. Free from artificial flavours, colours and preservatives, and set with fruit pectin. wildthingz.co “THE ORGANIC MARKET DELIVERED ABUNDANT GROWTH ACROSS THE BOARD LAST YEAR, OUT-PERFORMING NON-ORGANIC IN BOTH VOLUME AND VALUE GROWTH – A KEY INDICATOR OF THE HEALTH AND POTENTIAL OF THE MARKET AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE ” GEORGIA PHILIPS, SOIL ASSOCIATION