'''Cinagra is a bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer based in [[Antananarivo]] factory producing high quality a range of pralines and chocolate made exclusively from cacao bars using single-origin cocoa grown 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 primarely three brands chocolate in a factory located on the outskirts of chocolate bars[[Antananarivo]], approximately 15 kilometres from the city centre. About 20 employees work in the factory, where its production facilities meet [http: ''Pallissandre'' with 38% //www.haccpalliance.org HACCP standards]. All processed cocoa, ''Eben'' with 55% cacao and a dark variety named ''Tsar'' which contains 63% beans originate from organic cocoaplantations in northwest Madagascar.
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing{| class="0" border="0captionTable" style="margin-rightwidth:10px600px;"><tr><td valign="top">|[[File:Cinagra_001Cinagra 019.jpg|185px196px]]Unroasted cocoa beans|none[[File:Cinagra 021.jpg|thumb196px]]Roasting of the cocoa beans|Palissandre (80 grams)[[File:Cinagra 027.jpg|196px]]</td>Crushed cocoa with nibs splinters|-<td valign="top">|[[File:Cinagra_003Cinagra 053.jpg|185px196px]]Milk and dark chocolate drops|none[[File:Cinagra 036.jpg|thumb|Tsar (75 grams)196px]]</td>Wrapped chocolate bars<td valign="top">|[[File:Cinagra_005Cinagra 042.jpg|185px196px]]Gift-wrapped chocolate drops|none-|thumb[[File:Cinagra 046.jpg|Eben (80 grams)196px]]</td></tr>Packaging<tr><td valign="top">|[[File:Cinagra_002Cinagra 049.jpg|185px196px]]Date expiry marking machine|none[[File:Cinagra 047.jpg|thumb196px]]Chocolate bars|38% cacao} 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 between 50 and 100 minutes to bring out the chocolate flavour and colour. After immediate cooling, the beans are cracked, separating the hard outer shell from the cocoa nib. At the same time, cane sugarthe nibs are sorted by size and thereafter crushed in a grinding machine. The crushed nibs are mixed with other ingredients, dried wholemilksuch as cocoa butter, soy soya lecithin , sugar, milk powder and natural vanilla]]</td>. This chocolate mixture undergoes the process of kneading and agitating in a conching machine for 72 hours non-stop at a temperature of around 50°C. 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 done by hand. <td valign{| class="captionTable" style="topwidth:600px;">|-|[[File:Cinagra_004Cinagra 018.jpg|185px600px]]Cinagra's Tsar range|none|thumb} Besides the various chocolate bars and cooking chocolate sold in supermarkets and shops throughout the country, Cinagra also supplies confectioneries, such as [[Chocolaterie Colbert]], with bulk chocolate. The dark chocolate bars named ''Eben'' and ''Tsar'' contain between 55% and 100% cocoa, 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 cocoa nibs and Fleur de Sel (sea salt). [[File:Cinagra 081.jpg|600px]] In 2007, Cinagra won second price for its milk chocolate with natural Malagasy vanilla at [http://www.salon-du-chocolat.com Salon de Chocolat Paris]. At the same competition in 2009, Cinagra won first price with their dark 63% cacaococoa chocolate with Fleur de Sel. [[File:Cinagra 146.jpg]] Cinagra currently exports their products to France, cane sugarMauritius, pure cocao butterSouth 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, emulsifierCinagra manufactures and packages chocolate on behalf of [[Madécasse]], soy lecithinea US company selling chocolate as well as other products of Malagasy origin such as vanilla in the US and other countries. [[File:Menakao 001.jpg|600px|link=Menakao]]</td> <td valignHTML5video type="topyoutube">BzBqicGhBRE</HTML5video> Interview with Shahin Cassam Chenaï, founder of Cinagra. == Contact information == [[File:Cinagra_006Cinagra 058.jpg|185px150px|none|thumb|55% cacaoleft]] ''Factory:''<br>'''Chocolaterie Cinagra'''<br>Lot 288 F 93 Ambohitahara - Ambohidratrimo<br>101 Antananarivo<br>Madagascar<br>Factory location in [http://maps.google.de/maps?hl=de&ll=-18.817978, cane sugar47.448996&spn=0.004936, cocao butter, emulsifier, natural vanilla0.010836&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=17 Google Maps] Tel: +261-(0)22 535 23 or (0)32 05 520 80 ''Head Office:''<br>'''[[SCEM]]/ CINAGRA'''<br>Lot II M35 GF Androhibe - Analamahisty<br>101 Antananarivo</tdbr>BP 4101<br>Madagascar Tel: +261-(0)20 22 535 23 or (0)20 22 537 33<br> Office location in [http:/tr/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] View all [[Cinagra photos]] [[fr:Cinagra]][[mg:Cinagra]] <!-- notes:Cocoa beans in hand:File:Cinagra 024.jpg|196px|]] Storage machine:Cinagra 031.jpg Chocolate moulding machine:Cinagra 034.jpgCinagra 037.jpg Uncut dark chocolate bars:Cinagra 050.jpg Staff wrapping chocolate bars by handCinagra 038.jpg Samples:Cinagra 048.jpg Wrapping department:Cinagra 039.jpgCinagra 052.jpg An opened chocolate bar:Cinagra 016.jpg Cooking chocolate with 70% cocoaCinagra 057.jpg still 9 products or morelist of chocolate bar names with cocoa percentage old sentence:Cinagra produces various brands of chocolate bars, such as ''Pallissandre'' with 38% cocoa, ''Eben'' with 55% cacao and ''Tsar'' which contains 63% cocoa. http://www.hellopro.fr/tableCINAGRA-595607-profil-fr-societe.html -->
