Ghana (chocolate bar)

Actor Park Bo-gum, the first male endorser of Ghana since it was introduced to the South Korean market in 1975

Ghana (Katakana: ガーナ, Korean가나) is a brand of chocolate manufactured by the Korean company Lotte Confectionery since 1964[1] and South Korea since 1975.[2] Its name is a homage to the country Ghana, one of the world's largest exporters of cocoa beans from which chocolate is made. The confectionery has a creamy texture, and is a popular brand in both South Korea and Japan.

Japan's Ghana chocolate is made by Lotte in Japan and unlike Korea's Ghana chocolate,[3] it uses cocoa butter by using the microglind method. Like Korea, the Japanese Ghana chocolate is written as 'Ghana' in English. Ghana has four kinds of chocolate wrapped in red, black, white and beige.

  1. ^ Mikami, Misaki (2020-06-13). "Sweet, but long road to register "Ghana" on chocolates". Japan Trademark Review. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  2. ^ Jae-un, Limb (2015-04-01). "Ghana chocolate loved for over 40 years". Korea.net. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  3. ^ "愛だナ。ガーナ|ガーナ|お口の恋人 ロッテ". www.lotte.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-03-20.