The aroma of chocolate wafts past as you drive into Koornadka, a suburb of Puttur, a town 52 km from Mangaluru in Karnataka. Follow your nose and you will arrive at the source of this seductive redolence — the Campco Chocolate Factory.
Though unknown in the north, Campco is the third biggest producer of chocolates in India after Cadbury and Nestle.
Its history is most unusual. Campco is a cooperative of areca nut farmers and stands for Central Areca Nut Marketing and Processing Cooperative. In 1986, the farmers decided to set up a chocolate factory with an investment of Rs. . .
