Demand for Dark chocolate in Chocolate Industry

Demand for Dark chocolate in Chocolate Industry

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Mostly chocolate, gives the taste of sweetness to the tongue and to the part of life. We ate many chocolates along with we experienced the evolution of chocolates, like the changes in texture, colour, quantity, package, shape, in comparison with our childhood to the present. Even though, we often consumed more chocolates for taste or rid of bitterness, children’s mostly, obsessed with it because of the attractive colours, taste of sweetness, texture, or stickers and so on. Let’s look the overview of chocolate industry.

The demand for high-quality chocolate is at the highest level in history, mainly due to the fact that handmade chocolate producers pay more attention to the concept of bean to bar. A Mintel research report shows that the total value of the chocolate market in 2019 is estimated to reach 172 billion Indian rupees, and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of close to 10% between 2019 and 2023. According to reports, the popularity of chocolate in India has increased, and 21% of Indians now consume chocolate every day. Chocolate manufacturers continue to innovate, bringing new and interesting flavors to the market. When it comes to food, today's consumers are not only dependent on monetary value. The following are the key points that shape the global food industry.

What is Chocolate and classifications of chocolate?

A confectionery food product is made from the cacao beans of the topical tree Theobroma cacao. The fruit is fermented, dried, roasted, that delivers cocoa liquor. This liquor will be isolated into cocoa butter, a solid fat, which is utilized in both food and cosmetics industry. Cocoa butter and cocoa liquor is both integrated in different proportions with rest ingredients, for the purpose of making chocolate.

The chocolates are composed in a huge production by a group of companies is named as chocolate industry. Chocolates industries offers a huge opportunity to the small-scale business owners, and the indirect farmers, co-workers. Chocolate industry is sorted out by Type like cocoa powder, cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, compound chocolate and by the application of bakery products, confectionery items, beverages, cakes, ice creams, frozen desserts and more applications. Basically, in chocolate industry supplies the four prominent types of chocolates. They are

  • Dark Chocolate – Comprised of 80% of pure cocoa beans and cocoa butter. The standard of chocolate depends on the quantity of cocoa.
  • Gianduja chocolate – Integration of hazelnuts, cocoa and sugar, the outcome product is brown chocolate.
  • Milk chocolate – Composed of milk powder, coca butter, sugar, lecithin, and cocoa (latter not less than 20-25%)
  • White chocolate – included with milk, sugar, cocoa butter, but no cocoa solids

Role of Dark Chocolate

Recently, dark chocolates influenced the Indian consumers and executed many factors, in both economic and health sector. This increased the production of dark chocolate with huge changes and considerations like sugar reduction, smaller packaging and the unique flavours. Underlying reason of this, dark chocolate is composed of the maximum utilization of purest form of cocoa beans with low sugar and without milk or butter, that enhanced the health benefits.

On the contrary, consumers knew the high measurement of sugar content was utilized in the normal chocolates, and realized the interrelation of chronic diseases like diabetes. Dark Chocolate is loaded with antioxidants, minerals like iron, copper, magnesium, flavanols, zinc, phosphorous that lowers the risk of heart disease, reduce the inflammation, insulin resistance, increases the brain function.

The following are the key points that shape the global food industry. 

1)  Obviously, this has inspired new creativity among pastry chefs and chocolate makers all over the world. Previously unknown combinations are now becoming popular, and plant flavors are infused into chocolate, such as kale-flavored fillings in chocolate bars and chocolate used with beets in cakes are now all the rage. Texture has also received great attention, and new trends such as larger chocolate blocks and crunchy chocolate layers are entering the market.

 2)  High-endization-Today's consumers are more aware of the production process. They consume. Therefore, many product descriptions on the packaging contain detailed information on how a particular product is made. For example, the packaging clearly mentions details such as "millstone" or "slow shake", and even the duration of the chocolate shell. Due to the increasing number of high-end consumers in the market, the demand for high-quality artisan products and ingredients has certainly increased in recent years. 

3. For those who want to stay in shape, some researchers have debunked this myth. It is now well known that this is not true for all types of chocolate. To meet this demand for healthy chocolate, trends such as sugar-free or gluten-free chocolate have been on the rise. Therefore, there is a great demand for dairy-free chocolate, and many brands also use milk as a substitute to produce vegan chocolate. Manufacturers are turning to adding more local flavors to dark chocolate to attract more and more health-conscious market segments. Therefore, citrus fruits such as honey, ginger or lemon are not uncommon, and adding them to chocolate is good for health.

Chocolate has always been the most popular fashion in the A&B market. With the continuous development of new flavors, everyone can find something that suits them. Today, chocolate has become another way of expression. Therefore, it can be eaten according to the mood of the person and the taste he chooses. The loyalty of Indian consumers is gradually changing. Nowadays, many people prefer chocolate as a gift during Diwali compared to traditional sweets. Obviously, this makes it possible to increase the disposable income of the middle class. 

The rapid growth of the industry, coupled with these new trends, is destined to expand the Indian and global markets. Indian brand manufacturers have spared no effort to develop local flavors with additional health benefits to attract domestic consumers. Manufacturers emphasize joint development to optimize business growth. AAK Kamani is a leader in the manufacture of specialty fats for confectionery products, cooperating with chocolate manufacturers. This is achieved by contacting them through our expertise and our unique customer innovation center. As a company, we help the company grow, thereby creating new opportunities.

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