Antonio Pueo Incorporada, Corp.

The story of Antonio Pueo Chocolates has its beginning in historical Intramuros, the old Walled City of Manila in the early part of the 20th Century. Its founder was Jose Maria Pueo, a 17 year old Spanish immigrant who arrived in the Philippines armed with the knowledge of chocolate manufacturing which he learned from his Spanish godfather, who was also a friar."Cacao" or Chocolate, made the old-fashioned way directly from cacao beans has a deeper, darker brown color, distinct and wonderful aroma, and all the instrinsic natural taste and goodness coming from having all its cocoa butter intact. When cacao beans are processed into cocoa powder, almost all the natural cocoa butter is extructed (later to be sold as an additive in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutial industries for use as high grade moiturizer or as an additional flavoring ingredient in some other food product).