Which chocolate is your favourite? Dairy Milk, Perk, or Kit Kat? And which brand do you go to for chocolate ice cream? Baskin Robbins, Amul, or Vadilal? Which is your number one choice for chocolate biscuit? Dark Fantasy, Hide N Seek or Bourbon? Needless to say, picking just one is difficult. If you’ve ever engaged in a heated debate regarding which chocolate product rules superior, the dispute can be brought to peace here.
Because what if we told you that while these products are made by different companies, they share a single origin? At least one ingredient of your favourite, decadent chocolate will have come from the Central Areca Nut Marketing and Processing Cooperative, or Campco. The company’s story is heartwarming, and thanks to a group of Areca nut farmers, our lives are a whole lot sweeter.
Campco is a lesser-known company in the northern region of the country, but the third-largest producer of chocolate in India, followed by Cadbury and Nestle. It won’t be an…