Compañía Nacional de Chocolates de Perú S.A. | |
Type: | Subsidiary |
Foundation: | February 1, 2007 |
Location City: | Lima |
Location Country: | Peru |
Location: | Av. Maquinarias 2360, Lima, Peru |
Area Served: | Peru |
Industry: | Food processing |
Products: | Winter's, Chocopunch |
Num Employees: | 670 |
Parent: | Grupo Nutresa |
Owner: | Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño |
Homepage: | www.chocolates.com.pe |
Compañía Nacional de Chocolates de Perú S.A. (English: National Chocolates Company of Peru) is a food and beverage company headquartered in Lima, Peru. Compañía Nacional de Chocolates de Perú S.A. was incorporated February 1, 2007 as a subsidiary of the parent company Grupo Nutresa S.A. owned by Colombian conglomerate Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño.
Winter's is a popular[1] Peruvian brand of chocolates and other food products owned by Compañía Nacional de Chocolates de Perú S.A. The Winter's brand was started in 1997 by Lima-based Good Foods S.A., the largest Peruvian exporter of chocolates.[2] On February 1, 2007, Colombian-based food conglomerate Grupo Nacional de Chocolates (now Grupo Nutresa) purchased Good Foods S.A. and its Winter's brand for US$36 million through its Peruvian subsidiary Compañía Nacional de Chocolates de Perú S.A. Winter's has more than forty brands in its portfolio of products: cocoas, milk modifiers, chocolates, cookies, candies, gums, lozenges, chewing gum, icings, cream confections, marshmallows, and panettone.