Kokova Magazine

Next week at Olympia, the Speciality Fine Food Fair will incorporate the Speciality Chocolate Show, bringing chocolatiers and chocolate makers from all over, in to London's Olympia from the 4th-6th September 2016.

Two chocolate makers from Sweden, the award-winning Malmö Chokladfabrik and raw chocolate makers Rawchokladfabriken are both joining the event, to showcase their chocolate selections.

Malmö Chokladfabrik

After a major re-branding in the past year, and the launch of a range of new flavours, Swedish multi award-winning artisan chocolate producers Malmö Chokladfabrik has won a number of prestigious international awards for their fine chocolate bars, gift cones and luxury selection boxes. Nine of their chocolate bars were awarded stars in the Great Taste Awards 2016.

Managing Director Jens Fylker acquired Malmö Chokladfabrik last year, with his brother Jakob. They have also won no less than seven awards in the International Chocolate Awards regional semi-final in Denmark for their flavoured chocolate, and two awards in the European semi-final for Pure Chocolate. In October they will take part in the World Final of the International Chocolate Awards, to be held in London.

"In Sweden and the Nordic countries our products are known for their excellent taste and high quality. Exhibiting at the Specialty & Fine Food Fair is our first important step in to the UK market. We are looking forward to meeting retailers, potential distribution partners and chocolate connoisseurs. We're very excited to be taking our fine chocolates to the UK.

We only use the finest ingredients in our chocolates. We pride ourselves on using the highest quality cocoa and unrefined cane sugar. We roast the cocoa beans ourselves in order to ensure the highest quality for our bars and we use beans from Chuao, Venezuela, as well as Sambirano in Madagascar and Esmeralda in Ecuador.

We work only with natural ingredients and do not use any e-numbers or artificial flavouring. As far as possible we focus on using organically grown cocoa beans, with more than 90% of our chocolates being organic. Many of these are also Fairtrade - and are free from nuts, gluten, egg, soy, almonds, peanuts and other allergens. The majority of our products, with the exception of the white and milk chocolates, are also lactose and milk free."

Jens Fylker, Managing Director

Discover more at www.malmochokladfabrik.se

Rawchokladfabriken

Swedish Rawchokladfabriken is the only manufacturer in Sweden to produce raw chocolate products, which are vegan and free from nuts, gluten, dairy, soy and egg. Lovisa Andersson is the head rawchocolatista and one of the founders of Rawchokladfabriken, which is situated in Arvika in the Värmland county of Sweden.

"Raw chocolate is produced in a different way to how most people think ‘regular' chocolate bars are made. To make ‘regular’ chocolate the cocao beans are roasted at high temperatures and often the final product will contain refined sugar, milk powder and various additives.

When we make our raw chocolate we use a different process to this. We only use dried beans instead of roasted, which means our chocolate contains more vitamins, minerals and antioxidants than 'regular' chocolate - thus creating a new type of chocolate taste. Additionally, we use coconut sugar in our products, which is more nutritious and lower on the glycemic index than more commonly used sugars.

We'd like to invite everyone who's curious about raw chocolate to visit us at Olympia. All our products are organic and contain only natural ingredients. They have many health benefits, but most importantly they taste good!

Lovisa Andersson, Head Rawchocolatista

All of Rawchokladfabriken's chocolate products are made from dried and gently stone-ground organic Criollo cacao beans from Peru. Their chocolate bars include exciting flavours such as Mulberry Vanilla, Maca Guarana, Popped Amaranth, Mint Nibs, Icelandic Sea Salt and the Raw Chocolate Original 73%. Raw food and its high nutritional value is recognised by an increasing amount of people in the UK.

Rawchokladfabriken are looking to connect with organic supermarkets, health food stores, raw food cafés and restaurants, as well as retailers, distribution partners and influencers in the raw food and vegan movement.

Uncover more about raw at www.rawchokladfabriken.se