Cocoa Processing Company Limited
Established in 1965, Cocoa Processing Company Limited (CPC) is situated in the picturesque port city of Tema in Ghana on the Greenwich Meridian (Longitude 0°). The company comprises three factories: two Cocoa Factories and a Confectionery Factory. Cocoa Processing Company Limited is a limited liability company incorporated in Ghana on November 30, 1981. The shares of the company are publicly traded on the Ghana Stock Exchange.
The Cocoa Factories have an annual throughput of 64,500 metric tonnes of Premium Ghana Cocoa beans which it processes into Cocoa Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Cake and Cocoa Powder. These semi-finished products are the major ingredients for the production of chocolate and other cocoa-based food products. The semi-finished products are sold under the Portem brand name to foreign markets.
The company however retains a portion of the semi-finished products for use in the Confectionery Factory. The Confectionery Factory manufactures chocolate confectionery namely, chocolate bars, chocolate spread, drinking chocolate and chocolate dragees. The confectionery products are marketed under the brand name GoldenTree.
Sector
- Cocoa
Export products
Choco bakery
Pebbles
Chocolate spread
Chocolate varieties
Export Destinations
1. The Netherlands
2. Turkey
3. Japan
4. Spain
5. Estonia
Awards & Achievements
Thrice won gold medals in, 1980, 1982 and 1989 in the monde Selection Competition in Brussels, Belgium.
In the fourth entry in the Monde Selection* Competition in 1997, all the eight products presented won gold medals – the seven branded Golden Tree Chocolates as well as VITACO Drinking Chocolate.
In the year 2002, the Company presented nine [9] products and eight [8] of them, the seven [7] branded chocolates and Alltime Drinking Chocolate won Gold while Vitaco Drinking Chocolate won Silver.
Company details
Cocoa Processing Company Limited
Heavy Industrial Area, Tema
Ghana