By Meghana Majumdar | DECEMBER 12, 2019 15:09 IST Source: https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/artisanal-chocolate-cocoatown-earth-loaf/article30284976.ece Chock-a-block with choices: From modifying an idli grinder to creating upcycled cotton waste wrappers, this was an inventive decade for artisan chocolatiers “We are not just in the business of making machines, but of creating chocpreneurs,” says Andal Balu over a phone call from
By Georgia.org | Original Article: https://www.georgia.org/newsroom/blogs/georgia-exporter-spotlight-cocoatown A Q&A interview with Andal Balu and Balu Balasubramanian, Owners County: Fulton Industry: Food Processing Equipment CocoaTown designs, develops, and distributes unique, multipurpose equipment to make gourmet chocolate bars from beans, nut butters and nut milks from nuts and other gourmet foods. What motivated your company to start selling
Lavina Melwani | Aug 31, 2018 03:11 PM IST | Economy | Original Article: https://www.cnbctv18.com/economy/politicians-ceos-cabbies-cooks-indians-in-america-are-having-a-moment-434581.htm Indra Nooyi is possibly the most visible Indian-American CEO whose corporation PepsiCo is based in Purchase, New York. Dr. Balu M. Balasubramanian, a chemist, and his wife Andal Balu have recast the idli-grinder in a new avatar. Lavina Melwani @lavinamelwani
Compiled/partly written by Suzanne Sen and Murali Kamma | May 2018 | Source: http://www.khabar.com/magazine/community-newsmakers/cocoatown-is-rewarded-in-atlanta-metro-export-challenge As well as being a Georgia GLOBE Award winner (see previous Newsmaker report), Cocoatown was among the top 10 companies receiving credits from UPS in the March 28, 2018 Atlanta Metro Export Challenge. The top 10 on March 29, 2018:CocoatownDustex LLCGF Health
Cocoatown | March 19 2018 | Milling and Grain | Original article: https://millingandgrain.com/entrada/innovation-in-processing-cocoainto-chocolate-18176/ For years, farmers have been selling cocoa as commodity where the price is set in a distant area of the world removed far away from the cocoa farmers. The cocoa farmers had no control or means to grow their income substantially. In
Comunicado 08/03/2018 Chef, Gastronomía | Original article: https://www.apetitoenlinea.com/mujer-chocolatera/ María Fernanda di Giacobbe: La historia de una mujer chocolatera venezolana ganadora del Basque Culinary Por Gabriel Balbas María Fernanda Di Giacobbe es un nombre que causa respeto dentro del mundo de la cocina en Venezuela. Catalogada como “La embajadora del cacao” es quizás el rostro más representativo