2012 Edition
Chocolate has never been like this before!
Co n te n ts
3 - A passion for chocolate 4 - The world of chocolate 6 - Chocolate drinks 10 - The tasting squares 16 - Chocolate confectionery 18 - Confectionery with the flavours of yesteryear 20 - Gourmet chocolates 24 - Eating chocolates 26 - My cooking chocolate 28 - The accessories 30 - Quality, expertise & innovation 31 - Contacts
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A passion for chocolate for 3 generations For three generations, the Guattaris, Louis – the founder, Jean – the developer and Yves – the man who introduced the brand, and the current CEO, have combined a respect for tradition and a continuous passion to chocolate innovation. Each and every day, MONBANA strives to create exceptional products so that the journey undertaken by real chocolate enthusiasts to discover new flavours always guarantees them the pleasure of a high quality chocolate.
A delicious history… In 1934, Louis Guattari founded the company MONBANA, specialising in the manufacture of cocoa butter. It rapidly expanded its know-how to roasting and pressing the beans and then on to the development of cocoa powder for breakfast drinks. The development of the brand continued under the leadership of Jean Guattari, who diversified the know-how of the firm by launching a line of premium confectionery, which quickly became the most expensive in all Paris. 1978 saw the creation of the first small chocolate squares, which have now become an indispensable accompaniment for coffee.
1934 Creation of MONBANA, manufacturer of cocoa powder 1978 Creation of the first MONBANA chocolate squares
In 2001, Yves Guattari became CEO and began to reposition the MONBANA brand. He opened up the company to the international markets and the general public with sales in delicatessen stores and today the opening of MONBANA boutiques, as well as the launch of several new ranges, from flavoured chocolate powders to the creation of a line of exceptional gourmet chocolates. In 2011, MONBANA’s expertise in producing fine chocolates was rewarded by three “Fèves d’Or”, thus consecrating MONBANA as one of the “Best Chocolate-makers of France”.
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The world of chocolate
Gourmet chocolates
The tasting squares
Traditional, creamy, flavoured, hot or cold... a wide selection of chocolate drinks.
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The cooking chocolate
Palets gourmands for praline lovers, and incomparable chocolates for great connoisseurs… all the know-how of master chocolate makers.
Whether to be enjoyed alone or as an accompaniment to a coffee, they come in a variety of unique and surprising flavours.
Chocolate drinks
MONBANA now offers a wide variety of chocolate products that meet every consumer needs: chocolate to drink, to savour, to taste, to cook, to spread, to offer or to treat yourself... MONBANA has reinvented chocolate in 6 different worlds, in order to reach a broad customer base, increase exposure and ensure sales throughout the year.
Chocolate confectionery
Chocolate almonds, chocolates with the flavours of yesteryear… there is a wide variety of products to ensure things are never the same.
Recipe kit, “special dessert” chocolate bars... everything has been designed to help you make your own chocolate-based delights.
Chocolate bars
The specialist in tasting bars reveals its secrets, from the most subtle to the most irresistibly mouth-watering.
Chocolate has never been like this before!
A concept revolving around chocolate: the boutiques The richness of its product range prompted MONBANA to create a new store concept, which has proved immensely successful with the public.
A powerful and attractive concept MONBANA has responded perfectly to the modern trend of “Manufacturer” boutiques. These shops also attract many customers thanks to their strong visual identity: colour code, furniture, merchandising… It is a concept that has proven its worth: • 96% of customers like the store* • 95% intend to purchase*
A typology that emphasises choice and attractiveness Over a sales area of 100 to 150 m², the whole world of chocolate is on show. Today MONBANA has acquired a real expertise in the creation of a whole concept and design of its own boutiques, showing the whole world of chocolate presented in elegant displays and enhanced through chocolate tastings and cookings by our master chocolate makers.
* Survey of 150 clients – Laval Boutique April 2010
The boutiques…
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The chocolate drinks: expertise With the widest range of chocolate drinks on the market, MONBANA meets every consumption need, in every season, adaptable to all of the various consumption patterns around the world. A variety of textures and flavours, to be enjoyed hot or cold, makes for a host of different pleasures.
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Hot chocolate Vary the textures… MONBANA knows how to adapt to the preferences of powdered chocolate lovers: the “Chocolat Tradition” for those who opt for traditional chocolate and “Trésor de Chocolat” for a particularly creamy and intense drink.
The traditional “Tradition” chocolate powder 32% cocoa 250 g tin and 20 g individually wrapped
The smooth “Trésor de Chocolat” 33% cocoa 250 g tin 25 g individually wrapped and 1 L pack “Ready to drink”
Vary the textures…
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Hot chocolate
White chocolate Trésor
Vary the flavours…
200 g tin and 35 g individually wrapped
The choice is vast with a full range of flavoured chocolate powders! This offer enables the adventure to combine the pleasures of textures and discover exotic new flavours.
Flavoured traditional powders Flavoured chocolate powder 250 g tin and 20 g individually wrapped 11 flavours of your choice
The discovery format Flavoured chocolate powder Set of 3 100 g tins
Vanilla
Orange
Caramel
Cappuccino
6 flavours of your choice Spices
Almond
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Speculoos Hazelnut
Red Berries
Cinnamon Vanilla
Caramel
Hazelnut
Tiramisu
Speculoos
Gingerbread
Tiramisu
Vary the flavours…
Ice chocolate Dare to try the frappés! To satisfy everyone’s cravings for chocolate, even in the summer, there is “Ice Chocolate”! A chocolate powder that can be mixed instantly in cold milk, to be enjoyed with ice as a refreshing soft drink or as the basis for a summer cocktail.
The frappé Ice Chocolate “Special frappé” Cocoa flavour 250 g tin
Dare to try the frappés…
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Tasting squares MONBANA is always looking for new flavours, and has developed a wide range of delicious squares with an extensive selection of recipes. All dark, all milk, with fruit or caramel nuggets... MONBANA pays the greatest possible attention to the selection of its ingredients to ensure exceptional products and provide its customers with all the pleasure of high quality chocolate. Gluttony knows no boundaries... travel and discover authentic tastes with chocolate of the purest origin. When creativity is combined with tradition to take chocolate lovers to new thrills... let us surprise you with our sparkling chocolates. The chocolate square symbolises the know-how and the spirit of MONBANA the Chocolatier: it is that little moment of pure delight that accompanies your coffee. A small square, a great emotion!
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The pure origins The traditionals
The map of flavours
Ghana Dark
Yesteryear flavours Tanzania Dark
Ecuador Dark
Costa Rica Papua Dark New Guinea Dark
Dark 70% cocoa
The sparkling
Sparkling Milk - Cola
DarkCocoa beans
MilkNougat Milk Caramel
DarkNougat
DarkCereals
DarkOrange
MilkMilkMilkCereals  Caramel Praline
Milk-
33% cocoa
MilkWhiteCappuccino Lemon
Sparkling 60% cocoa Dark Sparkling 33% cocoa Milk
The map of flavours‌
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Assortments In these bags and boxes, MONBANA proposes a selection of top-quality chocolate square recipes to share with friends or offer as gifts.
Collection gift box of 18 chocolate squares
Sachets
of 50 chocolate squares 3 assortments: Dark, Milk or Dark & Milk mix 10 recipes: Dark 70% cocoa, Dark-Cocoa beans, Dark-Nougat, Dark-Cereals, Milk 33% cocoa, Milk-Praline, Milk-Nougat, Milk-Cereals, Milk-Caramel, Milk-Cappuccino 200 g
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6 recipes: Dark 70% cocoa, Dark-Orange, Dark-Nougat, Milk-Cereals, Milk-Caramel, White-Lemon 72 g
Dark Assortment 4 recipes
Milk Assortment 6 recipes
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Dark & Milk mix 10 recipes
Assortments...
Flower boxes Firmly focused on products that give pleasure, MONBANA offers a range of different chocolate square assortments presented in boxes that open in the form of a corolla.
Pure origins Flower box of 55 Dark chocolate squares from five countries producing cocoa beans: Ghana, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania 220 g
6 flavours to savour Flower box of 55 Dark, Milk and White chocolate squares with six mouth-watering recipes: Dark 70% cocoa, Dark-Orange, Dark-Nougat, Milk-Cereals, Milk-Caramel, White-Lemon 220 g
Available in display of 48 flower boxes
Flower boxes‌
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The chocolate Cube
Refill gift strips
A trendy distributor created by MONBANA, the chocolate Cube stands out with its 90 chocolate squares to enjoy during the coffee break, at home or in the office. To make the pleasure last even longer, MONBANA offers chocolate refills so that you can keep the Cube filled with chocolates and prolong those gourmet moments.
of 15 chocolate squares 11 recipes 60 g
Dark 70% cocoa
Milk - Caramel Dark - Orange
Dark - Nougat
Milk - Cereals
White - Lemon
Dark Tanzania 75% cocoa
Dark Ecuador 66% cocoa
Dark Costa Rica 64% cocoa
Dark Papua New Guinea 64% cocoa
New Design
The chocolate Cube 90 chocolate squares 6 recipes: Dark 70% cocoa, Dark-Orange, Dark-Nougat, Milk-Cereals, Milk-Caramel, White-Lemon 360 g
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Dark Ghana 70% cocoa
The chocolate Cube‌
The squares that sparkle! Sachets
An explosion in the mouth that awakens the taste buds! These are the sensations provided by the 2 varieties of sparkling chocolate squares, which demonstrate the extent of the creativity of the MONBANA master chocolate makers. Amazing and original chocolate squares, ideal for a party atmosphere with a dash of champagne.
of 50 sparkling chocolate squares 2 recipes 200 g
Milk 33% cocoa
Flower box of 55 sparkling chocolate squares Assortment of 60% cocoa Dark chocolate and 33% cocoa Milk chocolate 220 g Dark 60% cocoa
Milk 33% cocoa
Refill gift strips of 15 sparkling chocolate squares 2 recipes 60 g
Dark 60% cocoa
The squares that sparkle‌
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Chocolate confectionery Whether to give as a gift, to share with others or for your own little treat, it is difficult to resist the temptation of the delicate MONBANA chocolate confectionery. A variety of flavours for something different every time: a coating of white chocolate or milk chocolate, an almond, a hazelnut, a coffee bean or crunchy cereals at the heart...no sweet tooth will resist!
The PralinĂŠa crunchy cereals coated in praline and milk chocolate.
The Crousti-Neige crunchy cereals coated in milk chocolate and white chocolate, coffee flavour.
The hazelnut a hazelnut carefully selected from the region of Rome, roasted and then coated in milk chocolate and cocoa powder.
The coffee bean a real roasted Colombian Arabica coffee bean coated in milk chocolate.
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The almond a carefully selected California almond, lightly roasted and then coated in milk or white chocolate and cocoa powder.
The mini-boxes
The gourmet boxes
These delicious individually wrapped confectionery are presented in a practical and trendy format: the Mini-Box.
The most delicious gourmet confectionery are also presented, without individual packaging, in elegant metal tins to be enjoyed straight away. The curious will discover a local specialty: Mayenne nuggets, raisins coated in dark chocolate, milk chocolate or white chocolate.
4 references Almond - 120 g
5 references
Pralinéa 100 g
Crousti-Neige 100 g
Hazelnut 120 g
The flower box with 120 pieces
Crousti-Neige 150 g
Mayenne Nuggets 200 g
The gourmet assortment par excellence! Individually wrapped, the most popular confectionery – Pralinéa, Crousti-Neige and almond – are brought together in a sparkling box that opens like a corolla, accompanied by Milk-Cereal chocolate squares. 360 g
Pralinéa 150 g Coffee Extra 180 g
Chocolate almonds 180 g
Chocolate confectionery…
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Confectionery with yesteryear flavours MONBANA, eager right from the start to feed the dreams of chocolate lovers by giving them new taste experiences, has gone back in time to revisit the flavours of our childhood. Confectionery from yesterday combined with refined chocolate‌. an amusing, mouth-watering way to delight not only the little ones, but also all those big children nostalgic for the school playground!
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Chocolate squares with yesteryear flavours
Sweet & chocolate bars
MONBANA amazes all those with a sweet tooth with two highly unusual Milk chocolate recipes reminiscent of the sweet tastes of yesteryear: sparkling Choc’Cola & Choco Caramel.
The journey back to childhood continues with the very first mouthful of one of these chocolate bars with their amazing associations: the sweets we remember so well from childhood combined with delicious chocolate. Ideal recipes for throwback-style enjoyment!
Flower box of 55 Milk chocolate squares Assortment of Choc’Cola & Choco Caramel 220 g Available in display of 48 flower boxes
3 recipes Presentation display of 10 bars (single recipe) Choco Crocodile Milk chocolate 85 g
Choco Banane & Fraise Milk chocolate 85 g
Choco Fraise White chocolate 80 g
Confectionery with yesteryear flavours…
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Gourmet chocolates, pure creations With a passion for chocolate passed down from father to son, and always in search of authenticity, the primary goal of the company is to create exceptional products. MONBANA has reinvented the gourmet chocolates with a new collection of fine chocolates. MONBANA’s master chocolate makers have created unique gourmet recipes with some unexpected flavours: green tea and jasmine flower ganache, pistachio, blueberry or Speculoos praline…
Vincent Lechevallier MONBANA master chocolate maker
LE MONDIAL DU CHOCOLAT & DU CACAO
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Apart from making recipes, MONBANA’s master chocolate maker Vincent Lechevallier also likes to create artistic pieces in chocolate. What’s more, with imaginative input from designer Eva Rachline, he also made a sublime chocolate dress worn by Malika Ménard (Miss France 2010) during the Salon du Chocolat in 2011.
Palets gourmands: fine chocolates for everyone With these pralines made according to the finest tradition of chocolatemaking, all those with a sweet tooth, whether or not they are “old hands”, can discover the expertise of MONBANA’s master chocolate makers at a reasonable price.
Palets Gourmands 7 recipes 115 g Dark chocolate Hazelnut Praline
Dark chocolate Praline with Almond centre
Dark chocolate Soft Vanilla centre
Milk chocolate Speculoos centre
Milk chocolate Cappuccino-flavoured Praline
White chocolate Praline with Raspberry centre
Milk chocolate Guérande salt Caramel praline
Available in sachets and boxes
Other recipes to discover…
Fine chocolates for everyone…
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Chocolate connoisseurs will discover all the finesse and excellence of fine MONBANA chocolates in these various carefully prepared assortments. Discover a wide variety of Dark chocolates, ganaches, pralines... a huge array of flavours and colours. Three of these chocolates have been awarded a “Fève d’Or” by the Club Cacao: the Mandarin, a tea-flavoured chocolate ganache; the Isigny, an old-fashioned praline with caramel pieces, and the Géode, a ganache with caramel and unrefined salt (assortment of these three recipes available in boxes).
The pralines
Duo lait
Monbana
Moelleux myrtille
Cardamome
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The cream ganache
L’Authentique
Duo noir
Tendresse
Palet or
Mandar
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Exceptional chocolates
Pistachio blanc
Pistachio noir
Isign
Coco
y
Café
Violette
Saveurs des îles
Cappuccino
Géod
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The fruit ganache
Cœur mandarine
Cœur mûre
Cœur coco/citron vert
This collection of fine chocolates with a short bestbefore date is reinvented each year by our master chocolate makers.
The fruit coulis
Coulis passion
Coulis fraise
Available in different assortments of various sizes
Exceptional chocolates…
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Eating chocolates MONBANA celebrates the sweet specialties of French cuisine by developing a range of chocolate bars using gourmet recipes. Enjoy a veritable tour of the France’s regions. For all gourmets, MONBANA has created bars with subtle and delicate flavours.
Tasting bars A selection of top-quality chocolate in five refined recipes express all the excellence of MONBANA’s expertise. 5 recipes 75 g Presentation display of 10 bars (single recipe)
Évasion
Dark 70% chocolate, origin: Ghana
Perfection
Gianduja Milk chocolate
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Tentation
Milk chocolate with fleur de sel
Sensation Sparkling Dark chocolate
Inspiration Vanilla White chocolate
The bars
The bar and hammer
9 ideal recipes for a little treat or to give as a gift, depending on your regional preferences!
Breaking a chocolate bar with a hammer, what more original way could there be to enjoy and share the flavours of our French regions. 3 recipes 600 g
9 recipes
Presentation display of 10 bars (single recipe)
Available as a 600 g recharge bar
La Parisienne Dark chocolate 80 g La Champenoise Dark chocolate
Flavours of our French regions…
La Bretonne Milk chocolate 85 g
La Champenoise Dark chocolate 85 g
La Bretonne Milk chocolate
La Provençale Dark chocolate
… and of our islands
La Provençale Dark chocolate 90 g
La Toulousaine Milk chocolate 80 g
Nougat & Calisson Dark chocolate 85 g
Recette Occitane Milk chocolate 90 g
La Corse Dark chocolate 80 g
La Créole White chocolate 80 g
Eating chocolates…
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My cooking chocolate MONBANA uses all its expertise to serve chocolate and cookery lovers with a range of cooking products: “special cuisine” chocolate powder, a recipe kit for fine chocolates, and “special dessert” chocolate bars.
Pure “special cuisine” cocoa powder For making desserts or decorating cocktails, MONBANA Pure Cocoa is ideal for use specifically in the kitchen. Pure Cocoa 200 g tin
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The recipe kit
Chocolate spreads
Developed exclusively by MONBANA’s master chocolate maker, this kit is the ideal solution for making your very own fine chocolates. Containing all the ingredients you need, and with a free chocolatemaker’s thermometer, this kit produces guaranteed professional results.
With a pronounced cocoa or hazelnut flavour, these spreads will make any breakfast or teatime a total delight for chocolate lovers. 2 recipes 300 g
Fine Caramel chocolates kit* The kit contains: one Dark chocolate 65% cocoa bar, one Milk chocolate 33% cocoa bar, caramel pieces, almond and hazelnut praline, and a chocolate mould. 600 g
Dark chocolate
*within the limit of available stocks
“Special desserts” chocolate bars
Milk chocolate & Hazelnut
This is the ultimate cooking chocolate, perfect for making desserts and chocolate sauces. 4 flavours 200 g Presentation display of 10 bars (single recipe) 65% cocoa Dark chocolate
Whole Milk chocolate
Milk chocolate Hazelnut
“Special sauces” Cinnamon Ginger Dark chocolate
My cooking chocolate…
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The accessories Gift baskets, cup for hot chocolate, glass for iced chocolate...everything has been designed to satisfy your customers and ensure they enjoy MONBANA products even in the comfort of their own kitchen.
Gift baskets Baskets that are ideal for making up you own gift assortments of MONBANA products. 3 sizes Also available: tissue paper, transparent film, raffia, ribbon, labels, etc.
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Design porcelain cup
Glass
for frappĂŠ chocolate
5 L Milk pail
to keep chocolate warm
Fondue set Gift bags
The accessories‌
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Quality, Expertise & Innovation All our chocolates are made from a selection of the very best varieties of cocoa, specially selected by MONBANA from Ivory Coast and South America, in particular. All our recipes are made in France, in Mayenne (53), at our two production sites (Ernée and Landivy). MONBANA guarantees quality products: 100% pure cocoa butter chocolate and carefully selected ingredients (Isigny Caramel, Californian almonds, etc.). This excellence and the intense flavours of its chocolates have meant that MONBANA has established itself as the benchmark in the market for coffee accompaniment products and as the expert in chocolate drinks. MONBANA pursues an ongoing quest for improvement, and received IFS-BRC certification in 2010, together with numerous awards for the organoleptic quality of its products with the “Saveurs de l’année” prize in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and three “Fèves d’Or” in 2011.
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This trip you have just enjoyed, travelling through the flavours of
the MONBANA world, has been a real pleasure to share with you. I love to follow people’s gaze as it goes over these pages, revealing the femininity and sensuality so characteristic of chocolate, so characteristic of MONBANA. It is a world that opens up to us the daily life of a woman who is free, beautiful, loving…
Imagine her receiving a gourmet gift during a romantic dinner
for two: a gift box of chocolates that will be the ideal accompaniment for her coffee. Or, sparkling with life, she likes to surprise her
M Y C H O C O L AT E R I T U A L .
friends over a glass of champagne and chocolates that melt in the mouth. And in the morning, as she gets ready in the bathroom, with a cup of hot chocolate close at hand.
We follow her through her life, her precious moments of
gourmet chocolate rituals.
MONBANA is constantly reinventing these rituals, thanks to its
new lines, textures and flavours. Our MONBANA is an experience that goes beyond taste…it is an experience made of rituals. These rituals are the expression of MONBANA’s creativity and innovative spirit, and, along with to our know-how in our core trade, mean that MONBANA is now widely acknowledged to be the expert in chocolate drinks but also the specialist in gourmet chocolate squares.
C o n ta c ts MONBANA Export department Export Area Manager – Jean-Philippe BRISAER jp.brisaer@monbana.fr
Export Area Manager – Julien MOSTINI i.mostini@monbana.fr
Parc d’Activités de la Hainaud Rue Alain Colas - 53 500 Ernée France Tél. : +33 (0) 2 43 05 42 48 Fax : +33 (0) 2 43 05 43 66 e-mail : commercial@monbana.fr
www.monbana.com
Meet us, taste us and enter the MONBANA world, so that
chocolate can always be a ritual of pleasure.
Yves Guattari CEO
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Parc d’Activités de la Hainaud - Rue Alain Colas - 53 500 Ernée - France Tél. : +33 (0) 2 43 05 42 48 - Fax : +33 (0) 2 43 05 43 66 Email : commercial@monbana.fr - www.monbana.com
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