The land of cocoa wants to be the land of the chocolate too. Bahia wants to add value to the cocoa plantations, which are regaining strength in the south of Bahia. More than 40 local chocolate brands have appeared in Bahia in the last few years. Most of them are of high quality with higher concentration of the raw material. The new entrepreneurs are focusing on this kind of market because it moves more than R$ 12 billion per year in Brazil, which is the third largest consumer of chocolate in the world.
CARVALHO, P. Chocolates from Bahia. In Bahia Oportunidades. Bahia: Governo da Bahia, 2015. p. 50. Adaptado.
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