The competition is being run in partnership with the Committee of the Salón del Chocolate y Cacao, a group formed by the Asociación Peruana de Productores de Cacao (APPCACAO), the country’s largest association of cacao growers, the United States Agency for International Develoment (USAID) and its operations partners Peru Cocoa Alliance (ACP) and TECHNOSERVE (TNS), the Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo y Vida sin Drogas (DEVIDA), the Comisión de Promoción del Perú para la Exportación y el Turismo (PROMPERU), the Programa de las Naciones Unidas (PNUD), and the Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego (MINAGRI).
The judging panel included food writers, cacao and chocolate experts, journalists, bloggers, chefs and chocolate tasters from Europe, South America, Japan and the USA and members of our international Grand Jury panel. The panel also featured winners and entrants from our World Final series, judging in this special growing country support competition.
- Winners
- Finalists
- Judges
- Grand Jury
Prizes
The competition judged entries from the following types of products: plain origin chocolate bars (dark, milk or white); flavoured bars (dark, milk or white), with infusions, inclusions, and filled; filled chocolates, drinking chocolate and chocolate liquors with alcohol.
** Bean-to-bar chocolatier products – recognising the growing trend of flavoured bars and filled chocolate made by chocolate makers, winning products made with an entrant’s own chocolate are marked with (**).
(Prizes are shown in alphabetical order for each medal)
Plain/origin bars
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars
Gold: Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Chuncho-Cuzco
Gold: Tsinane (Peru) - Tsinane 75%
Silver: Bakáu (Peru) - Peru Select 72%
Silver: Bakáu (Peru) - Piura "Gran Blanco" 75%
Silver: Bakáu (Peru) - San Martín "Criollo de Montaña" 67%
Silver: Cocama (Peru) - Chocoazú con 70% de Copoazú origen Madre de Dios.
Silver: Cocama (Peru) - Chocolate oscuro con 70% de cacao origen Junín.
Silver: K'ata (Peru) - Chocolate Puro - 75% cacao
Silver: Mansano (Peru) - Mansano - Origen Cusco ( * Global coop (Bakau))
Silver: Maraná (Peru) - Cusco 70% - Dark Chocolate
Silver: Maraná (Peru) - Piura 70% - Dark Chocolate
Silver: Quricao Chocolate (Peru) - Morropón
Silver: Rosmery Chocolates (Peru) - Chocolate 70% cacao de Buenos Aires, Piura
Silver: Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - Barra de chocolate 70% de La Quemazón
Silver: Tsinane (Peru) - Tsinane 60%
Bronze: Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Lakuna
Bronze: Cocama (Peru) - Chocolate oscuro con 70% de cacao "RAW" origen Junin
Bronze: Cocama (Peru) - Chocolate oscuro con 70% de cacao origen Ucayali
Bronze: Elizza Peruvian Chocolate (Peru) - Chocolate Dark al 73% Cacao
Bronze: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A. (Peru) - La Ibérica Chocolatier 70% Dark Chocolate
Bronze: Luferza (Peru) - Chocolate Bitter 70% Cacao
Bronze: Milan Peruvian Chocolates (Peru) - Chocolate Dark 70%
Bronze: Nina Fine Chocolates (Peru) - Nina 70%
Bronze: Quricao Chocolate (Peru) - Chungui
Bronze: Quricao Chocolate (Peru) - Huaja
Bronze: Shattell Chocolate (Peru) - Chocolate 70% Cacao Chuncho
Bronze: Shattell Chocolate (Peru) - Chocolate 70% Cacao Gran Nativo Blanco
Bronze: Tribar Chocolate (Peru) - Dark 70% - Piura (Gran Chililique)
High % plain/origin dark chocolate bars (85% and over)
Gold: Tsinane (Peru) - Tsinane 100%
Silver: Bakáu (Peru) - Peru Select 100%
Silver: Chocolates Miroshnik (Peru) - Chocolate Miroshnik Yana 85% cacao
Silver: Cocama (Peru) - Chocolate Oscuro con 85% de Cacao origen Junín
Silver: Mansano (Peru) - Mansano - Dark Intense ( * Global coop (Bakau))
Silver: Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - Barra de chocolate 85% de Amazonas
Silver: Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - Barra de chocolate 85% de Cuzco
Silver: Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - Barra de chocolate 85% de Cuzco
Silver: Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - Barra de chocolate 85% de San Juan de Bigote
Silver: Tinkiy (Peru) - Qonopa
Silver: Tribar Chocolate (Peru) - Dark 85% - Ucayali
Bronze: Domenico (Peru) - Intense Dark 85%
Bronze: Kuntu (Peru) - Chocolate Bitter al 85%
Bronze: Magia Piura (Peru) - Magia Piura 85%
Bronze: Quricao Chocolate (Peru) - Huaja 85
Plain/origin dark chocolate bars made with alternative natural sugar
Gold: Nutry Body (Peru) - Barra de Chocolate 70% Cacao Organico
Silver: Alkimia Chocolate (Peru) - Alkimia Piura Stevia al 99%
Silver: Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Organic Chocolate Bitter % 70 Cacao
Silver: Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Organic Chocolate Bitter % 75 Cacao
Bronze: Alkimia Chocolate (Peru) - Alkimia Amazonas 80% Azúcar de Coco
Plain/origin milk chocolate bars
Silver: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A. (Peru) - Barra Milky la Ibérica
Silver: Yara (Peru) - Chocolate con leche Yara 45% Cacao Organico Bean to Bar
Plain/origin 'dark' milk chocolate bars (50% and over)
Gold: Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - Barra de chocolate de leche 51% de La Quemazón
Silver: Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Intense Milk
Silver: Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Piura Milk
Silver: Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - Barra de chocolate de leche 51% del Cuzco
Bronze: Scrap & Chocolates (Peru) - Barra de chocolate de leche 51% de Madre de Dios
Plain/origin white chocolate bars
Bronze: Elemento Chocolates (Peru) - Chocolate Blanco Awajún ( * Rainforest SAC)
Flavoured bars
Dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Silver: Elizza Peruvian Chocolate (Peru) - Chocolate con Hierba Luisa al 60% Cacao (**)
Silver: Nina Fine Chocolates (Peru) - Nina 45% with Macambo and Coconut (**)
Silver: Yara (Peru) - Chocolate Yara Dark 60% Cacao Orgánico con sabor a Naranja (**)
Bronze: Bakáu (Peru) - Kión 65% (**)
Bronze: Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Cedroncillo (**)
Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Gold: Magia Piura (Peru) - Magia Piura 72 Cacao Juice
Silver: Bakáu (Peru) - 3 Quinuas 65%
Silver: Bakáu (Peru) - Aguaymanto & Sal de Maras 65% (**)
Silver: Bakáu (Peru) - Maca 65% (**)
Silver: Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Organic Chocolate Piña Dehydrated % 70 Cacao
Silver: Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Organic Chocolate Piña Dehydrated % 75 Cacao
Silver: Mansano (Peru) - Mansano - Aguaymanto y Sal del Himalaya
Silver: Nina Fine Chocolates (Peru) - Nina 70% with Nibs (**)
Bronze: Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Inka Berry (**)
Bronze: Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Piura Nibs (**)
Bronze: Chocomenica (Peru) - Chocomenica (**)
Bronze: Chocomenica (Peru) - Chocomenica (**)
Bronze: Mansano (Peru) - Mansano - Blueberry y Piña Golden
Dark chocolate bars with a filling
Silver: Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Organic Chocolate Menta % 75 Cacao (**)
Silver: Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Organic Chocolate Menta % 70 Cacao (**)
Bronze: Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Organic Chocolate Café % 70 Cacao (**)
Bronze: Korín Chocolate (Peru) - Organic Chocolate Maracuya % 70 Cacao (**)
Milk chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring
Silver: Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Lucuma (**)
Silver: Tribar Chocolate (Peru) - Milk Moka
Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Gold: Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Banana Maras Salt (**)
Gold: Magia Piura (Peru) - Magia Piura Milk 50% - Lúcuma
Bronze: Cacaosuyo (Peru) - Quinoa Crunch (**)
Bronze: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A. (Peru) - Milky Pasas y Nueces (**)
White chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces
Gold: Cocama (Peru) - Chocolate Blanco con Inclusión de Café Chabela de Neira Café Lab.
Silver: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A. (Peru) - La Ibérica Chocolatier White Chocolate con Nibs de Cacao (**)
Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles
Flavoured white chocolate ganaches or truffles
Silver: Chocomenica (Peru) - Chocomenica (**)
Nuts
Nut based pralines with dark chocolate
Silver: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A. (Peru) - Chocoteja Pecana (**)
Dark chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Silver: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A. (Peru) - Enrobed Brazilian Nut (**)
Milk chocolate dragées, enrobed whole nuts
Bronze: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A. (Peru) - Bombón Pecana (**)
Caramels
Dark chocolate enrobed caramels
Silver: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A. (Peru) - Bombón Crocante (**)
Spreads
Spreads with dark chocolate (no milk powder)
Gold: ChocoMuseo (Peru) - Mermelada de Tamarindo y chocolate / Tamarind and chocolate jam (**)
Drinks with dark chocolate
Dark drinking chocolate (made with milk)
Silver: Cacaosuyo (Peru) - CHOCOLATE DE TAZA AMADOR SIN AZUCAR 100% CACAO (**)
Bronze: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A. (Peru) - Chocolate a la Taza Sin Azúcar (**)
Drinks with milk chocolate
Milk drinking chocolate (with milk chocolate/milk powder)
Bronze: Yara (Peru) - CHOCOLATE YARA BEAN TO BAR 100% CACAO ORGÁNICO + CHOCOLATE YARA EN POLVO 35% CACAO (**)
Alcoholic drinks
Alcoholic drinks/liquors made with chocolate or cacao
Gold: alcocao (Peru) - destilado de mucilago de cacao criollo
Gold: Makao Peru (Peru) - LICOR DE MOCA
(*) Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.
(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.
