Winter's

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Winter's (chocolate)
Product typeChocolate, Cocoa drink mix
OwnerCompañía Nacional de Chocolates de Perú S.A.
CountryPeru
Introduced1997
MarketsPeru
Previous ownersGood Foods Peru SA.[1]
Websitehttp://www.chocolates.com.pe

Winter's is a popular[2] Peruvian brand of chocolates and other food products owned by Compañía Nacional de Chocolates de Perú S.A.[1]

History[edit]

The brand was started in 1997 by Lima-based Good Foods S.A.,[3] the largest Peruvian exporter of chocolates.[4] On 1 February 2007, Colombian-based food conglomerate Grupo Nacional de Chocolates purchased Good Foods S.A. and the Winter's brand for US$36 million through its Peruvian subsidiary Compañía Nacional de Chocolates de Perú S.A.[1]

Products[edit]

Winter's has more than forty brands in its portfolio of products, including cocoas, milk modifiers, chocolates, cookies, candies, gums, lozenges, chewing gum, icings, cream confections, marshmallows, and panettone.[3]

  • Chocopunch - A cream confection similar to cake icing sold in small containers packaged with a plastic stick for eating the product.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Cardona Martínez, Uriel (31 December 1899), Grupo Chocolates Compro a Good Foods en Peru (in Spanish), retrieved 21 December 2010
  2. ^ "7,000-Year-Old Human Remains Found in Peruvian Andes". 4 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b Inicios de la Good Foods S.A. (in Spanish), archived from the original on 24 November 2010, retrieved 21 December 2010
  4. ^ "Living in Peru » Business : Peruvian chocolate, a yummy treat for young and old". www.livinginperu.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-05.
  5. ^ (in Spanish) http://www.chocolates.com.pe/cnch/promocion/lanzamientosDetalle.php?pID=62 Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine

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