How Sweet: Chocolate Bars Can Now Be Wrapped in Paper Made from Cocoa Husk Waste

Oct 24, 2013 5:00 PM ET

Image credit: James Cropper

UK paper manufacturer James Cropper has developed another innovative recycling process that incorporates cocoa husk waste from chocolate production into unbleached cellulose fiber to produce a food-grade paper. The company says turning the otherwise wasted skins of many of the 3.5 million metric tons of cocoa beans produced each year into paper could be a significant breakthrough for the food and packaging industries.

The paper is now in production and certified for use in the food supply chain, including as wrapping for chocolate bars.

How Sweet: Chocolate Bars Can Now Be Wrapped in Paper Made from Cocoa Husk Waste

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