Van Leer: Chocolate—With Health Halo

Van Leer introduces Niu, a premium, organic dark chocolate sweetened with coconut sugar

Barry Callebaut’s Van Leer chocolate business introduces Niu, a premium, organic dark chocolate sweetened with coconut sugar.

This unique, organic chocolate product offers product developers a clean solution for molding and enrobing—all with a healthy halo. Niu is the perfect chocolate for clean-label, upscale, and globally-inspired formulations. It contains 65% dark cacao and delivers strong cocoa flavor to balance the coconut.

Product attributes:

• Certified Organic

• Comes in an EZ-melt wafer form

• Perfect for molding/enrobing

• Capitalize on the healthy halo of coconut

• Kosher Dairy

Van Leer’s product line includes Premium Couverture and Traditional Couverture chocolates, compound coatings, compound glazes, fountain chocolate, inclusions (including chips, chunks) and sugar-free products.

Visit www.vanleerchocolate.com for more details.

About Van Leer

L.K. Van Leer came to America from Holland and started the Van Leer Chocolate Corporation on Christmas Day 1949. Right from the beginning, he was dedicated to being the industry leader. He thrived to make the finest chocolates and provide the very best service.

L.K. Van Leer's legacy has lived on ever since and for over three generations, we have used the finest ingredients to craft a full range of high quality chocolates with a distinct North American appeal. Today, Van Leer continues this taste tradition with the support of Barry Callebaut and its 150 years of chocolate making experience.

Van Leer’s traditional range of products includes chocolate couvertures, chips, chunks, compounds, glazes and sugar-free products in various formats. In addition, Van Leer offers a selection of premium items including chocolate made with Belgian unsweetened chocolate, certified ingredients and high cacao content.

About Barry Callebaut Group

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, the Barry Callebaut Group is the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa. We are the heart and engine of the chocolate industry and our mission is to be number one in all attractive customer segments. We are a business-to-business company, fully vertically integrated with a strong position in cocoa-origin countries.

Visit www.barry-callebaut.com to learn more.

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