Whittaker’s Chocolate from New Zealand Indulgence Tour & Experience
Happiness
is chocolate! Life is like chocolate, you should enjoy it piece for piece and
let it slowly melt on your tongue. So do we have chocolate lovers here? Recently
we were privilege to attend Whittaker’s
Chocolate from New Zealand Indulgence Tour & Experience. Whittaker’s world-class
quality chocolate that has been voted as New Zealand’s Most Trusted Brand in
the Reader’s Digest annual awards for six years in a row.
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| Whittaker’s Chocolate from New Zealand Indulgence Tour & Experience |
Now Whittaker’s
has expanded into the Asian market, with its chocolate now widely available in
China, North Asia, and South-East Asia. Whittaker’s is widely distributed in
West Malaysia in both domestic and duty free channels.
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| Matt Whittaker, Head of International Markets for Whittaker's Chocolate gave the brief introduction about the company history and also products |
Whittaker’s
was established over 120 years ago by J.H. Whittaker, and is now directed by
third-generation Whittakers, brothers Andrew and Brian. The next generation of
Whittakers, brother and sister Matt and Holly, work in the business as Head of
International Markets and Marketing Manager respectively.
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| Cooking demo by Chef Faizah |
Whittaker’s
chocolate is all made at its one factory in Porirua, New Zealand, and it’s the
only major chocolate manufacturer in New Zealand that ensures quality by
controlling the whole manufacturing process – from beans to bar. Each step in
the chocolate-making process, from receiving the cocoa bean in its raw form to
the final wrapped product, is done at the Whittaker’s factory.
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| My chocolaty breakfast |
It was a
casual and fun morning event, we kicked start the morning with a light chocolaty
breakfast and then adjourned to some mini games such as Whittaker's that requires us to familiarize
with Whittaker’s Chocolate products and also taste.
Whittaker’s
core range is Halal Certified and features a variety of flavours available in
200g Blocks, 50g Slabs, 50g Chunks and Mini Slabs. Their top-selling product is
the Almond Gold, but other favourites include 5-Roll Refined Creamy Milk Block,
72% Cocoa Dark Ghana, Dark Almond and Dark Peppermint.
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| Blind test and guess the product name |
During
the indulgence experience I tried quite a fair bit of Whittaker’s range, I personally
like the Dark Peppermint and also Coconut which is one of their best seller as
well. Beside this, Whittaker’s has premium chocolate range, the Artisan
Collection. This range is in 100g sizes and feature unique flavour combinations
which have been created using the finest ingredients from New Zealand.
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| Assorted Whittaker’s Chocolates |
5 Whittaker’s
new product updates in Malaysia:
1. Limited
Edition L&P Sharebag 180g (Oct 2017)
2. Limited
Edition Dark Orange Sharebag 180g (Oct 2017)
3. Coconut
- Block 200g and Sharebag 180g (Nov 2017)
4. Limited
Edition Artisan Hawke’s Bay Black Doris Plum and Roasted Almonds 100g (Dec
2017)
5. Limited
Edition Artisan Single Origin Samoan Cacao 100g (Dec 2017)
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| Assorted Whittaker’s Chocolates |
L&P
(Lemon & Paeroa)
Its white
chocolate 28% cocoa and L&P is the iconic national beverage since 1904. A
fizzy drink that combines carbonated mineral water from the town of Paeroa with
lemon juice. There are popping candy in it.
Dark
Orange 50% cocoa is infused with a high quality Brazilian orange oil
Coconut
Block & Coconut Sharebag 33% cocoa comes with delicious, toasted coconut
flakes (18%) combined with creamy milk chocolate. It’s one of my favourite and
one of the successful limited edition in 2016, now became a regular SKU.
Hawke’s
Bay Black Doris Plum and Almond Slices 50% cocoa comes with freeze Dried Plum,
fruit is of medium size, with purple black skin and dark red sweet, juicy
flesh. Black Doris is known for its
unique texture and colour and depth of flavour, sourced from two local growers.
Hawke’s Bay is on the first coast to see the sun every morning.
Single
Origin Samoan Cocoa 64% cocoa is a robust, full-flavour, earthy and rich sweet
chocolate. Its created using only Trinitario Cocoa beans from the perfect
growing climate of Northwestern Savaii in Samoa.
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| Whittaker’s Chocolate Cupcake |
Overall
it was a fun and engaging Whittaker’s Chocolate Indulgence Tour and Experience.
And I now I can proudly say that I have tried like 50% of Whittaker’s Chocolate
that are available in Malaysia. There are still a lot more Whittaker’s SKUs
that I have not try yet and hope that there will be more session like this.
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| I create my Whittaker’s Chocolate Cupcake |
Good
News! Whittaker’s will be partnering with Ben’s Independent Grocer located at
Ikano Power Centre to give away complimentary mini Whittaker’s chocolate slab
with every coffee purchased. Promotion runs from 12th – 15th
October, and is on a first come first serve basis.
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