House of Brussels launches new ChocoMed product line

14/06/05 House of Brussels Chocolates has announced the official launch of its new 24/7 line of nutritional and energy bars through its subsidiary ChocoMed Inc. at the National Confectioners Association's All Candy Expo(R) being held June 14 - 16 in Chicago. The All Candy Expo(R) is the largest confectionary-only tradeshow in North America, with nearly 500 exhibitors, including House of Brussels Chocolates, and more than 20,000 attendees.

ChocoMed's line of Nutritional and Energy Bars were developed by House of Brussels Chocolate's Chief Operating Officer Guy DeBas, and come in an array of unprecedented high-quality flavors targeted to the health and wellness set. Made with only the finest and purest ingredients, 24/7 bars have no parallels and are the first truly gourmet nutritional and energy bars to hit the market.

In addition, the company will debut its new Schokinag drinking chocolate line at the All Candy Expo(R). In December 2004, House of Brussels Chocolates signed a multi-year co-packing and distribution agreement with Schokinag Chocolate North America Inc. Under terms of the agreement, House of Brussels Chocolates is responsible for the packing, marketing, selling and distributing Schokinag's entire line of baking chocolate, including their 7-flavor European Drinking Chocolate line.

ChocoMed, Inc., as a wholly owned subsidiary of House of Brussels Chocolates, has a mission to interface with third party companies, laboratories, or organizations that provide us nutritional and dietary supplements, functional foods and pharmaceutical compounds that are suitable candidates for hosting in chocolate-based products. ChocoMed will then bring these compounds to House of Brussels' manufacturing division who will attempt to "marry" these compounds with chocolate. If successful, the resulting nutraceuticals using chocolate as a delivery mechanism should prove to be an extremely marketable product.