DECATUR, Ill.—Archer Daniels Midland Company opened its new cocoa processing plant that processes cocoa beans into cocoa liquor for use in chocolate in Kumasi, Ghana. The facility is comprised of a bean warehouse, a processing plant and a finished goods warehouse that sit on a 75,000 square-meter site.
“This new plant enhances our ability to source high-quality cocoa beans from Ghana and give our customers access to cocoa and chocolate products from this key growing region,” said John Rice, ADM executive vice president Commercial and Production. “Along with the acquisition earlier this year of Schokinag, our new Kumasi processing plant puts ADM in a stronger position to become the preferred global supplier of cocoa and chocolate solutions. These actions extend our value-added business and global operations to support our customers’ innovation and growth.”