Lotte Wellfood Starts New Cocoa Processing Line at Yangsan Plant
Creatrip Team
6 months ago
Lotte Wellfood has begun full operation of newly installed cocoa bean processing equipment on the BTC line (cocoa mass production line) at its Yangsan plant in South Gyeongsang. The company invested about 15 billion won last September to upgrade the line; after a roughly four‑month stabilization period the new machinery has raised cocoa mass (cocoa paste) capacity from 1 ton to 2.5 tons per hour, a 150% increase. Lotte Wellfood is the only major Korean food company that directly processes cocoa beans into cocoa mass, a key chocolate ingredient, and has produced its own cocoa mass on the BTC line since 1995. The higher-capacity, higher-efficiency line will supply flagship brands like Gana and Pepero and support the company’s positioning as a Bean-to-Bar (빈투바) chocolate maker focused on quality and consistency.
