Nestlé said it created the first 70% dark chocolate made entirely from the cocoa fruit, ditching added sugar.
The new chocolate uses the beans and pulp as the only ingredients and therefore not adding any refined sugar.
“This is a real innovation which uses the natural sweetness of the cocoa pulp to provide a pure, novel chocolate experience,” said Patrice Bula, head of strategic business units, marketing and sales at Nestlé.
The global food giant plans to introduce the first product in Japan in the autumn of this year through its KitKat Chocolatory.
Further products in other countries will follow next year, the firm added, through some of its most popular confectionery brands.
Nestlé was the first to bring Ruby chocolate to market in 2018 with KitKat, first in Japan and then across Europe.
