Japan food maker, pastry chef showcase home-grown cacao chocolates

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Manufacturers in Mie Prefecture and pastry chef Hirokazu Tsujiguchi are taking on the challenge of making chocolate using 100% domestically produced cocoa beans, a rarity nationwide.

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[Taki District] A press conference for "VISON Cacao," a chocolate made from cacao grown at "VISON," a multi-purpose resort facility in Taki Town, Mie Prefecture, was held on the 24th at "Confiture H," a Western-style confectionery shop run by Chef Hiroshi Tsujiguchi within the facility. This project, which began in 2021 when VISON opened, aims to explore the possibility of domestic cultivation in response to concerns about the supply of cacao. T…