On April 27, Olam Cocoa held the opening of its latest Cocoa Innovation Centre in Willowbrook, IL. The new facility—located just outside of Chicago and 15 miles from Chicago’s Midway International Airport—will provide innovation capabilities to support Olam Cocoa’s North American customers.
The Cocoa Innovation Centre is one of six such Olam Cocoa facilities globally, with others located in Brazil, the Netherlands, Spain, Singapore and England. It will serve as a destination to assist customers in the refinement and reformulation of existing recipes, provide proof of concept opportunities and aid in the development of new products across application categories like beverage, cereals, snacks, chocolate, confectionery, dairy and bakery.