Peru Competition 2016 Winners

The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the 2016 Peru Competition, which was judged July 7-10, 2016, in Lima as part of the activities of the VII Salón del Cacao y Chocolate, Peru.

The judging panel included food writers, cacao and chocolate experts, journalists, bloggers, chefs and chocolate tasters from Europe, South America, Japan and the USA and members of our international Grand Jury panel. The panel also featured winners from our World Final series from France, Canada and  Japan.

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Prizes

The competition judged entries from the following types of products: plain origin chocolate bars (dark, milk or white); flavoured bars (dark, milk or white), with infusions, inclusions, and filled; filled chocolates, and chocolate beverages.

(Prizes are shown in alphabetical order for each medal)


Plain/origin bars

Plain/origin dark chocolate bars

Gold: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Chuncho

Gold: Shattell Chocolate  (Peru) - Dark Chocolate Bar Ayacucho 70% Cacao

Silver: AMAZ Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate Origen Amazonas 72% Cacao

Silver: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Lakuna

Silver: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Piura Select

Silver: Chócatela  (Peru) - Chocolate oscuro orgánico 75% cacao San Martín ( * Shattel)

Silver: Maraná  (Peru) - Bitter al 70% con cacao de Cusco

Silver: Shattell Chocolate  (Peru) - Dark Chocolate Bar Cedropampa 70% Cacao

Silver: Shattell Chocolate  (Peru) - Dark Chocolate Bar Tumbes 70% Cacao

Bronze: AMAZ Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate Origen Piura 70% Cacao

Bronze: AMAZ Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate Origen Tumbes 73% Cacao

Bronze: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - El Mangal

Bronze: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Marañon

Bronze: Chocolates Orquidea  (Peru) - Chocolate Dark 72%

Bronze: Makao Peru  (Peru) - 60 % Dark Chocolate

Bronze: Maraná  (Peru) - Bitter al 70% con cacao de Piura

Bronze: Maraná  (Peru) - Bitter al 80% con cacao de San Martin

High % plain/origin dark chocolate bars (85% and over)

Gold: Cocama  (Peru) - Junin 85% - Dark Chocolate

Silver: Shattell Chocolate  (Peru) - Dark Chocolate Bar Tumbes 100% Cacao

Bronze: Bakáu  (Peru) - Peru Select 85%

Plain/origin milk chocolate bars

Gold: Elizza Peruvian Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate con leche

Silver: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Piura Milk

Bronze: Cocama  (Peru) - Piura Milk 50% - Milk Chocolate

Bronze: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A.  (Peru) - Barra Milky La Ibérica


Flavoured bars

Dark chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring

Silver: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Cedroncillo

Silver: Dreams of Eva  (Peru) - Cusco - Muña y Hierba Buena

Bronze: AMAZ Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate Orgánico 67% Cacao- Lemongrass

Bronze: Elizza Peruvian Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate con canela

Bronze: Elizza Peruvian Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate con hierba luisa

Bronze: Magia Piura  (Peru) - 72% Mango Ciruelo

Dark chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces

Gold: Chócatela  (Peru) - Chocolate oscuro orgánico con nibs de cacao

Silver: AMAZ Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate Organico 67% cacao-Quinoa 3

Silver: Bakáu  (Peru) - 3Quinuas 60%

Silver: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Piura Nibs

Silver: Dreams of Eva  (Peru) - Cajamarca - Cedroncillo y Manzana

Silver: Elizza Peruvian Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate con aji charapita y limo

Silver: Makao Peru  (Peru) - 60 % Dark Chocolate With Goldenberry

Bronze: AMAZ Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate Organico 67% Cacao -Nibs de Cacao

Bronze: Bakáu  (Peru) - Café 60%

Bronze: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Aguaymanto

Bronze: Makao Peru  (Peru) - 60 % Dark Chocolate With Charapita Pepper

Bronze: Makao Peru  (Peru) - 60 % Dark Chocolate With Cocoa Nibs

Bronze: Q'uma Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate 70% Cacao - Golden Berries

Bronze: Q'uma Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate 70% Cacao - Maras Salt

Milk chocolate bars with an infusion or flavouring

Bronze: Magia Piura  (Peru) - Leche 49% Lucuma

Milk chocolate bars with inclusions or pieces

Silver: Cacaosuyo  (Peru) - Quinoa Crunch

Silver: Elizza Peruvian Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolate con cafe

Bronze: AMAZ Chocolate  (Peru) - Pecana & Caramelo

Bronze: Magia Piura  (Peru) - Leche 49% Nibs

Flavoured white chocolate bars

Gold: AMAZ Chocolate  (Peru) - Capuccino

Bronze: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A.  (Peru) - La Ibérica Chocolatier White Chocolate con nibs de Cacao


Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines and truffles

Unflavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles

Gold: Dreams of Eva  (Peru) - Orígenes: Cajamarca

Flavoured dark chocolate ganaches or truffles

Gold: Dreams of Eva  (Peru) - Orígenes: Amazonas

Flavoured milk chocolate ganaches or truffles

Silver: Cocama  (Peru) - Bombón Beta 1 : Chocolate de leche 50% y aguaymanto.

Silver: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A.  (Peru) - Bombón Gianduja La Ibérica

Flavoured ganaches or truffles with combination coating or filling

Gold: Dreams of Eva  (Peru) - Orígenes: Piura

Silver: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A.  (Peru) - Trufa de Pisco


Caramels

Milk chocolate enrobed caramels

Bronze: Shattell Chocolate  (Peru) - Chocolatejas de Lucuma con Chocolate de Leche


Others - fruit/sugar/butter/cream/misc

Dark chocolate enrobed whole fruit

Silver: Chócatela  (Peru) - Maca + Mango - Mango cubierto con chocolate oscuro y maca

Silver: Chócatela  (Peru) - Quinua + Banana - Plátano cubierto con chocolate oscuro y quinua

Bronze: Chócatela  (Peru) - Kiwicha + Piña - Piña cubierta con chocolate oscuro y kiwicha


Spreads

Spreads with dark chocolate (no milk powder)

Gold: ChocoMuseo  (Peru) - Crema de untar tropical

Silver: ChocoMuseo  (Peru) - Crema de chocolate negro con aguaymanto

Spreads with milk chocolate

Bronze: ChocoMuseo  (Peru) - Crema de chocolate con mani para untar


Drinks with dark chocolate

Dark drinking chocolate (made with water)

Silver: AMAZ Chocolate  (Peru) - Cup Chocolate

Dark drinking chocolate (made with milk)

Gold: Fabrica de Chocolates La Ibérica S.A.  (Peru) - Chocolate a la Taza Sin Azúcar

Silver: Dreams of Eva  (Peru) - Naranja

Silver: Shattell Chocolate  (Peru) - Drinking Chocolate


Drinks with milk chocolate

Milk drinking chocolate (with milk chocolate/milk powder)

Bronze: Yara  (Peru) - Chocolate Para Taza Gourmet Slender, 100% Cacao Orgánico Peru


Alcoholic drinks

Alcoholic drinks/liquors made with chocolate or cacao

Gold: ChocoMuseo  (Peru) - Bebida alcoholica a base de pisco y maracuya

Silver: AMAZ Chocolate  (Peru) - AMAZ Premium Beer

Silver: Bakáu  (Peru) - Mokau (Pisco, Café y Cacao)

Silver: ChocoMuseo  (Peru) - Moccachino

Bronze: ChocoMuseo  (Peru) - Crema de chocolate blanco con Menta


(*)  Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.

(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.