by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Apr 6, 2021 | Good Tech
University of the Philippines Visayas alumna and now Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) chemistry instructor Julienne Stephanie F. Agapin is developing calamansi peels and cacao pods into active packaging films that will help preserve food. Agapin, a UP Visayas...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Oct 21, 2020 | Good Business
The Philippines’ Auro Chocolate was awarded five gold awards including “Best in Competition” and “Overall Winner” in the International Chocolate Awards (ICA) Asia-Pacific competition held in Pingtung, Taiwan this year. The Davao-based...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Sep 8, 2020 | Good Business
The City of Davao was officially named the Cacao Capital of the Philippines for its booming chocolate industry which is responsible for producing the most cacao beans in the entire Davao region. The Department of Agriculture (DA) says the region produced a whopping...
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Jun 21, 2019 | Good Balita
The Philippines’ Dalareich tableya from Bohol and Auro cacao from Davao jointly won the Gold at the 2019 Academy of Chocolate Awards in London – marking the first time local chocolate producers were given the top prize at the international awards....