Mexico consumes 700 grams of chocolate per capita per year, according to a report

Mexico City, Nov 6.- Mexicans consume 700 grams of chocolate per capita per year and during celebrations the intake increases up to 20%, as revealed this Monday in a statement from Por Amor al Cacao (PAC), a private sector initiative that celebrates 10 years of promoting Mexican cocoa. Sales of this product increase by 18% at Christmas, while on other dates such as Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, consumption increases by 20%, as it is the gift option for four out of every 10 Mexicans, according to PAC . PAC highlighted that the program has represented an investment of 17 million pesos (about 980,000 dollars) in the last decade for the renewal of more than 80 hectares of highly productive cocoa and the rescue of the crop in eight municipalities in the Northern Zone of Chiapas, among which Pichucalco, Ixtacomitán, Solosuchiapa and Ixtapangajoya stand out. To this end, this year it implemented actions such as the delivery of more than 10,000 pest-resistant cocoa plants to producers ...