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'''Cinagra is a Madgascar bean-to-bar chocolate company and factory in [[Antananarivo]], producing high quality a range of pralines and primarely dark chocolate made with bars using single-origin cocoa grown exclusively in the [[Ambanja]] Sambirano region of in northwest Madagascar.Cinagra's fine chocolates are sold under brand names such as ''Tsar,'' ''Eben'' and ''Palissandre''.'''
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Since 2006 Cinagra produces fine chocolate in a factory located on the outskirts of [[Antananarivo]], about approximately 15 kilometres from the city centre. About 20 employees work in the factory, where its production facilities meet European [http://www.haccpalliance.org HACCP standards]. All processed cocoa beans originate from organic cocoa plantations in the northwest of Madagascar.
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|[[File:Cinagra 029046.jpg|196px|]]Conching: The 72-hour mixing process of cocoa and other ingredients, such as cocoa butter.|[[File:Cinagra 033.jpg|196px|]]After conching, the chocolate mix is stored at 44°C until further processing.Packaging|[[File:Cinagra 041049.jpg|196px|]]The tempering Date expiry marking machine adjusts the mixture to an exact temperature prior to moulding bars or pralines. |} {| class="captionTable"|[[File:Cinagra 047.jpg|196px|]]Small chocolate Chocolate bars|[[File:Cinagra 046.jpg|196px|]]Packaging|[[File:Cinagra 057.jpg|196px|]]Cooking chocolate with 70% cocoa
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Cinagra differentiates between superior cocoa beans used for export and standard cocoa beans used for the local market. All cocoa beans undergo a quality check at the factory. Thereafter the cocoa beans are roasted for between 50 and 100 minutes to bring out the chocolate flavour and colour. After immediate cooling down , the beans are cracked, separating the hard outer shell from the cocoa nib. At the same time, the nibs are sorted by size and thereafter crushed in a grinding machine. The crushed nibs are mixed with other ingredients, such as cocoa butter, soya lecithin, sugar, milk powder and vanilla. This chocolate mixture undergoes the process of kneading and agitating in a conching machine for 72 hours non-stopat a temperature of around 50°C. After finishing When finished, the chocolate mixture is stored at 44°C until further processing. Depending on the final type of chocolate, a tempering machine adjusts the chocolate mixture to the necessary temperature (29°C for milk chocolate and 31°C for dark chocolate)which allows it to crystallise. The chocolate is now ready to be filled into bar forms or various theme forms. A cooling tunnel chills the chocolate slowly down to 4°C at the end of the process. The individual wrapping of the chocolate is made done by hand.
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Besides the various chocolate bars and cooking chocolate sold in super markets supermarkets and shops throughout the country, Cinagra also supplies confectioneries, such as [[Chocolaterie Colbert]], with so-called industrial bulk chocolate. The dark chocolate bars named ''Eben'' and ''Tsar'' have contain between 55% and 100% of cocoa, the while their milk chocolate bars such as ''Palissandre'' vary between 38% and 44% in cocoa. One of their latest products is Tsar with 72% cocoa, flavoured with chocolate cocoa nibs and Fleur de Sel (sea salt). In 2009 Cinagra won the 1st price at the international chocolate competition ''Salon du Chocolat de Paris'' with their dark Tsar chocolate (63% cocoa).
Cinagra currently exports their products to France, Mauritius, South Africa and USA. in 2011 Cinagra launched the [[Menakao]] brand with seven different bars ranging from 63% to 100% cocoa. The Menakao range is produced for export only and sold in Europe and elsewhere. Additionally, Cinagra manufactures and packages chocolate on behalf of [[Madécasse]], a US company selling chocolate as well as other products of Malagasy origin such as vanilla in the US and other countries.
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== Contact information ==
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'''Chocolaterie CINAGRA'Factory:''<br>II M35GF'''Chocolaterie Cinagra'''<br>Androhibe / AnalamahitsyLot 288 F 93 Ambohitahara - Ambohidratrimo<br>BP 4101 / 101 Antananarivo 101<br>
Madagascar<br>
Factory location in [http://maps.google.de/maps?hl=de&ll=-18.817978,47.448996&spn=0.004936,0.010836&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=17 Google Maps]
Tel: +261 -(0)20 22 535 23or (0)32 05 520 80 ''Head Office:''<br>'''[[SCEM]] / CINAGRA'''<br>Lot II M35 GF Androhibe - Analamahisty<br>101 Antananarivo<br>BP 4101<br>FaxMadagascar Tel: +261 -(0)20 22 535 2423 or (0)20 22 537 33<br> Office location in [http://maps.google.mg/maps?q=-18.865737,47.544349&hl=en&ll=-18.865519,47.544354&spn=0.004934,0.010836&sll=-18.865737,47.544349&sspn=0.002345,0.005418&vpsrc=6&gl=mg&t=h&z=17 Google Maps]<br>
Email: [mailto:contact@cinagra.com contact@cinagra.com]
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