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The chocolate industry in the Philippines developed after the introduction of the cocoa tree to Philippine agriculture. The growing of cacao or cocoa boasts a long history stretching from the colonial times. Originating from Mesoamerican forests, cacao was first introduced by the Spanish colonizers four centuries ago. [1]
They are ground into a thick chocolate liquor paste that are then formed into the characteristic little discs or balls and allowed to dry. [4] [5] [6] Aside from tsokolate, tableya is used in a wide variety of other traditional desserts in the Philippines, most prominently in champorado, a glutinous rice porridge flavored with chocolate. [4] [7]
The Chocolate Hills (Cebuano: Mga Bungtod sa Tsokolate, Filipino: Mga Tsokolateng Burol or Mga Burol na Tsokolate) are a geological formation in the Bohol province of the Philippines. [1] There are at least 1,260 hills, but there may be as many as 1,776 hills spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometers (20 sq mi). [ 2 ]
This strange hill formation is called ‘ the Chocolate Hills of Bohol’ because they look like little dots of chocolate.
During the galleon trade between Mexico and the Philippines, Mexican traders brought the knowledge of making champurrado to the Philippines (while tuba was introduced back in Mexico). Through the years, the recipe changed; Filipinos eventually found ways to make the Mexican champurrado a Philippine champorado by replacing masa with sticky rice. [6]
The firm's history dates back to 2003, when company founders, Roberto and Charita Puentespina leased farm land with cacao trees in Malagos in the Baguio District of Davao City. Charita Puentespina then rehabilitated the farm which enabled the harvesting of cacao pods from the trees.
The operations in the Philippines is managed by Delfi Marketing Inc. and Delfi Foods, Inc. [14] It manages local chocolate confectionery brand Goya which was previously owned by Philippine Cocoa. Philippine Cocoa was acquired by Nestlé in 1997 and Delfi (as Petra Foods) became involved with the Goya brand in 2006.
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