Companía Nacional de Chocolates
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Compañía Nacional de Chocolates S.A.
(National Chocolates Company) is a food
and beverage company headquartered in Medellín
, Colombia
and one of the largest companies in Colombia. It was founded on April 12, 1920 in Sonson, Antioquia, Colombia, as the Red Cross Chocolate Company. Expansion and diversification in coffee and chocolate beverages has allowed Compañía Nacional de Chocolates S.A. to consolidate the market and position its brands in target markets in the Andean region of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Latino community of the United States. In 2003, the Company spun off its investment activity from the industrial and commercial activities for the chocolate business, creating the parent company -- thus Compañía Nacional de Chocolates S.A. was incorporated as a subsidiary of the parent company Grupo Nacional de Chocolates
S.A..
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(National Chocolates Company) is a food
Food
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and beverage company headquartered in Medellín
Medellín
Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
and one of the largest companies in Colombia. It was founded on April 12, 1920 in Sonson, Antioquia, Colombia, as the Red Cross Chocolate Company. Expansion and diversification in coffee and chocolate beverages has allowed Compañía Nacional de Chocolates S.A. to consolidate the market and position its brands in target markets in the Andean region of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Latino community of the United States. In 2003, the Company spun off its investment activity from the industrial and commercial activities for the chocolate business, creating the parent company -- thus Compañía Nacional de Chocolates S.A. was incorporated as a subsidiary of the parent company Grupo Nacional de Chocolates
Grupo Nacional de Chocolates
Grupo Nutresa formerly Nacional de Chocolates S.A. is a food processing conglomerate headquartered in Medellín, Colombia....
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Products
- Chocolisto
- Turbo Jet
- Choco Lyne
- Chocolates Jet
- Chocolates Jumbo
- Chocolates Gol
- MontBlanc
- Golo-Chips
- Opera
- Chocolate Corona
- Choco Rico
- Chocolate Cruz
- Chocolate Diana
- Chocolate Bogotano
- la Especial
- Chocolate Tesalia
- Chocolate Nacional
- Chocolate Santander
- Frunas
- Tikys
- Roletto
- BlueMint
- Café Sello Rojo
- Café Sello Dorado
- Café La Bastilla
- Matiz
- Colcafé
- Bastiyá
- La Especial
- El Manicero
- Tosh
- Barra de Chocolisto
- Granula SPORT