Cuba announces that it will modernize its chocolate industry "with the latest technologies"

The Cuban chocolate industry is renewing its capital "with the latest technologies", which augurs a "promising future" for the development of this sphere on the island, have declared the authorities. A marked interest in the recovery of cocoa in the east of Baracoa and the Cuban chocolate industry is being totally renewed with the latest technologies, "said Prensa Latina the director of the Latin American School of the Caribbean for chocolate, confectionery and confectionery María Cristina Jorge

According to the specialist, the chocolate industry of the island is currently based on a national strategy that aims to promote cocoa production, an initiative that was presented at the Varadero International Gourmet Festival, recently celebrated at the Matanzas Spa.

The School of Chocolate, Pastry and Confectionery of Latin America and the Caribbean was created on this line, "The value and importance of chocolate and supports training work with this food at all levels", he added.

Founded in 2001 and based at the Institute of research For the food industry in Havana, the school serves as the governing body for product development and staff training in a dozen centers dedicated to the chocolate industry.

"That's why we give very basic courses for people who know nothing about chocolate, for university graduates looking to strengthen their knowledge," the directive said.

According to what he said, the center is also a fine and artisbad chocolate maker. "The whole chocolate program, the same as the one developed by hand in the country since 2005, was done in the entity."

At the beginning of the year, official data revealed that the industry suffered a collapse in 2017 when the worst cocoa crop was reported in 70 years. After Hurricane Matthew and Irma Destroyed the Baracoa Crop Zone, Barely 200 tonnes of Fruit Were Obtained

This figure contrasted with the 1,600 tonnes collected in the previous two lustrums when a peak was reached Historic Matthew managed to shave in October 2016 about 3,635 hectares devoted to this crop.