In 1.977 EDECA S.A. began its operations in the ecuadorian cocoa market. It was created to consume the large quantities of cocoa residues. Prior to Edeca's creation those cocoa residues had to be discarded or sold in the international cocoa market at a very low price. Edeca works with the raw material supplied by the cocoa bean exporters or by the cocoa bean industry processing cocoa residue ...