Philippine-Made Chocolate Wins an International Award

It’s official: One of the world’s best drinking chocolates can be found in the Philippines.

The Philippines abounds in top-grade cocoa beans and produces world-class chocolates. One of these is the Malagos Chocolate which recently won an award in the prestigious International Chocolate Awards 2015 held in Hannover, Germany for the Schokolade Gourmet Festival.

The organization gave Malagos 65% Dark Chocolate the Silver Prize as one of the world’s best drinking chocolates. The Davao-made chocolate won in the Dark Drinking Chocolate Category, specifically drinks made with milk. Winning the Gold was Chocolate de Mesa from the United States.

Entries to the 2015 World Drinking Chocolate Competition of the International Chocolate Awards were judged using a specially developed judging system, created after international trials and consultation with independent experts around the world. The competition drew entries from around the world which were judged live at the Schokolade Gourmet Festival in Hannover, Germany last September 2015.

This honor comes soon after Malagos Chocolates’ recent victory at the 2015 Academy of Chocolate Awards in London, where its 100% Pure Unsweetened Chocolate won the Bronze Award for Best Unflavoured Drinking Chocolate.

“We are very proud of this achievement. Winning two international awards in the span of only one year proves that Philippine-made chocolates can be elevated to world-class standards,” said Rex Puentespina, Chocolate Maker at Malagos Agri-Ventures Corp., the company that makes the award-winning chocolates.