NextCoa™ confectionery alternative to chocolate
89% of consumers enjoy chocolate at least once a week.1 But volatile cocoa prices can impact formulation affordability. Our NextCoa™ confectionery alternative to chocolate brings you a more predictable and affordable solution. Delightful, stable, scalable. With a responsibly sourced approach to water, land use and carbon footprint (compared to traditional chocolate2), NextCoa™ confectionery alternative is helping to reduce reliance on cocoa — satisfying both consumer cravings and your business goals.
What is NextCoa™ confectionery alternative?
NextCoa™ products are a portfolio of cocoa-free confectionery alternatives to chocolate, designed to deliver a chocolatey-like sensory experience while reducing reliance on cocoa.
What NextCoa™ confectionery alternative flavor profiles are available?
Two flavor profiles
- Mild - Creamy, milk chocolatey-like
- Dark Milk - A blend of dark & milk chocolatey-styles
What NextCoa™ confectionery alternative format options are available?
- Bake-stable drops
- Tempering wafers
- Non-tempering wafers
What applications are the NextCoa™ products best suited for?
Depending on format, NextCoa™ confectionery alternatives are well-suited for coatings, enrobing, inclusions and baked applications. Technical support is available to help determine the best fit for your application.
Bakery and Bars
- Create tempting coatings, fillings, ganaches, inclusions and more
Confectionery
- From truffles to toffees, caramels to cordials, The NextCoa™ confectionery alternative portfolio has you covered
Cookies
- Elevate cookie recipes with sweet inclusions, chocolatey foundations and more
Ice Cream
- Blend in sweet chocolatey morsels, drops & other delights
Snacks
- NextCoa solutions fuel the crave, from coated pretzels, drizzled popcorn, trail mix & beyond
A cocoa-free formula for today’s needs
Cost effective - Offers more pricing stability than traditional chocolate
To bypass the volatile cocoa market, NextCoa™ confectionery alternatives utilize upcycled grape seeds from wine-making side-streams. These reliable and cost-stable inputs yield better pricing stability and availability at scale – protecting your cost-in-use.
Plant-based & formulated without major allergens
NextCoa™ confectionery alternatives are crafted with purpose from plant-based ingredients, unwrapping sweet indulgence that’s vegan, non-GM1 and formulated without the top-9 allergens.
- Upcycled grape seeds
- Sunflower seed flour
- Vegetable fats
- Sunflower lecithin
- Sugar
- Natural flavor
How cocoa-free stacks up environmentally
NextCoa™ confectionery alternatives contribute to a more circular food system while reducing pressure on cocoa-dependent supply chains. And compared to traditional chocolate, it results in measurable advantages for the environment.2
- 95% lower water footprint
- 90% lower land-use impact
- 67% reduction in carbon footprint
NextCoa™ confectionery alternative is a product of a global partnership between Cargill and Voyage Foods.
*There is no single definition of “non-GMO” in the USA. Contact Cargill for source and processing information.
**In unopened, original packaging only.
SOURCES:
1 National Confectioners’ Association. “Sweet Insights: Getting to Know Chocolate Consumers.” 2024.
2 Results presented indicate the upper bounds of reductions across the alternative products assessed when compared to conventional chocolate. For conventional chocolate products a representative commercial product with similar manufacturing conditions are determined. This is not intended to represent the totality of the chocolate industry but rather a realistic market average for indicative comparative assertations. The underlying LCA study incorporates the European Commission-recommended PEF impact assessment method and is 3rd party panel review for ISO 14040:2006 and ISO 14044:2006 conformance. Ex-ante results are ISO 14044 certified, iterations in supply-chain configurations will be accounted for. Report available at: Voyage Foods.