Fu Wan Taiwan Black Pepper Chocolate 62%

Fu Wan Chocolate is a Taiwanese bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer based in Pingtung County, Taiwan. Founded in 2015 by Warren Hsu, the company produces craft chocolate using locally grown cocoa and indigenous Taiwanese ingredients. Fu Wan operates café and retail shops in Taipei's Da'an District and Taipei 101. It also sells products online globally via its official shop. Fu Wan Chocolate's product line includes single-origin dark chocolates as well as fermented and specialty bars combining cocoa with local flavors by using native Taiwanese plants like lychee, mango, cinnamon leaves, tea leaves, and local shrimp. Approximately 71% of its raw materials come from within an 80 km radius of its base. The company's factory is HACCP- and ISO 22000-certified, aiming to preserve nutrients and maintain food-safe standards by using naturally processed cocoa with controlled fermentation and no alkalization. In 2019, Fu Wan Chocolate's "Taiwan No. 1 62% Pingtung Dark Chocolate" won the World's Best Dark Chocolate award in the plain/origin category of the International Chocolate Awards (ICA). In December 2022, Fu Wan Chocolate won four silver and seven bronze awards in the "Tree to Bar — Plain (Dark)" category of the Golden Bean Awards in the United Kingdom. As of mid-2025, Fu Wan has won 11 gold medals in the Asia-Pacific round of the ICA for chocolates made with local ingredients, including its 100% Pingtung black chocolate, bringing its cumulative ICA gold medal count to 65+ awards. In late 2025, at the ICA World Final, Fu Wan also won 1 gold, 5 silvers, and 9 bronze medals.