Luker Chocolate, the Colombian B Corp B4B (business for business) chocolate manufacturer, returns to lunch!, part of the London Food & Drink Festival at Excel between 16 and 17 September. The company goes \u2018back to basics\u2019 to celebrate 120 years of heritage, expertise and sustainability in crafting fine flavour chocolate products \u2014 in close and long-term partnerships with Colombian cocoa producers and their communities.<\/p>\n
Luker\u2019s attendance at lunch! is a clear commitment to customers in the UK and across Europe. Visitors will see a focus on the company\u2019s ethical chocolate products, including its: \u2018Heritage Recipes\u2019; \u2018Selected Origins\u2019 couvertures; \u2018Sensaci\u00f3n\u2019 caramelised chocolate couvertures; better-for-you \u2018Balance\u2019 lines; and its bakery portfolio. <\/p>\n
HERITAGE \u2014 120 YEARS OF CRAFTMANSHIP
\nIn 2026, Luker celebrates 120 years of chocolate manufacturing in Colombia \u2014 home to some of the world’s finest fine-flavour cocoa. Visitors to Luker\u2019s exhibition booth can sample a range of formats, including 8g tasting sachets, naked product, drops, chips and drinking chocolate. Featured ranges include: Selected Origins couvertures, spanning single-country selections (Colombia 70%, 72% Per\u00fa) and regional selections from within Colombia (such as Huila 70%). In addition to, Heritage Recipes that demonstrate generations of Colombian terroir and craftsmanship (Gardenia, Palenque, Caribe).<\/p>\n
EXPERTISE \u2014 RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIP
\nVisitors can learn more about Luker\u2019s track record of manufacture and innovation, which brings deep expertise across the cocoa value chain, including work with brands on co-manufacture. Brand partners benefit from Luker\u2019s extensive R&D and new product development capabilities that deliver functional innovation \u2014 such as protein-enriched and reduced-sugar formulations that stay ahead of emerging trends and always meet changing consumer tastes. <\/p>\n
SUSTAINABILITY \u2014 THE CHOCOLATE DREAM
\nIn 1906, Luker was founded to provide employment and economic opportunity to Colombia\u2019s farmers and nurture the land they worked.<\/p>\n
Visitors to Luker\u2019s exhibition booth can now discover how that vision has translated into The Chocolate Dream. Implemented across six cocoa-growing regions, The Chocolate Dream helps to improve farmer incomes, strengthen cocoa community wellbeing and promote environmentally responsible farming practices. It also includes the Dreamers Club, where Luker partners, such as the UK\u2019s Coco Chocolatier, Choc-Affair and Made Uncommon Chococo, support programmes that help to deliver more resilient, sustainable and prosperous cocoa communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe UK is one of the most diverse and innovative food and drink markets in the world \u2014 and Luker is genuinely excited to be back in London for lunch! As we celebrate our 120-year heritage, we\u2019ll engage with brands, buyers as they explore the expertise, excellence and deeply ingrained sustainability of Luker Chocolate and Colombian cocoa,\u201d says Marcela Jaramillo, VP of Marketing and New Business Development, Luker Chocolate.<\/p>\n
Visit Luker Chocolate at Booth N784, lunch! at the London Food & Drink Festival, ExcelLondon, 16\u201317 September 2026. <\/p>\n
ENDS
\nAbout Luker Chocolate
\nLuker Chocolate is a Colombian B4B (business for business) chocolate manufacturer that specialises in helping brands and companies create purpose-driven products from a wide range of fine chocolate ingredients, made with the highest quality cocoa and in line with best practice sustainability standards. As a high-quality chocolate manufacturer, its products are made exclusively from directly sourced Cacao Fino de Aroma and are characterised by their superior taste. <\/p>\n
To drive wellbeing across the cocoa value chain, Luker Chocolate partners with brands and companies committed to quality and sustainability, developing exceptional-tasting, purpose-driven chocolate products. Luker Chocolate became a certified B Corp in May 2023. <\/p>\n
Media contact: Monique Noel Brown, lukerchocolatepr@milkandhoneypr.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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