Hazelnut Cocoa Spread & Nut Butters (Cocoa Spreads, Peanut Butter, Almond and Other Nut Butters)

Private-label hazelnut cocoa spread, peanut butter and nut butters, palm-free or RSPO palm, tested for aflatoxins

Spreads split into two customs families and two sets of buyer questions. Sweet hazelnut cocoa spreads, where cocoa is present and the product is not nut-dominant, are declared as other food preparations containing cocoa under HS 1806.90, a broad heading that also carries chocolate, so no trade total is quoted for spreads alone. Peanut butter is HS 2008.11 and other nut butters, such as almond, cashew and hazelnut butter, fall under HS 2008.19; both codes also include roasted and otherwise prepared nuts. In the USA, peanut butter has a standard of identity under 21 CFR 164.150: at least 90% peanut ingredients, with seasoning and stabilising ingredients within the remaining 10% and fat not above 55%. The first buyer question on a cocoa spread is the fat: palm-based spreads use palm oil for texture and stability, and buyers either specify palm-free recipes using other vegetable oils or require RSPO-certified palm under the Identity Preserved, Segregated or Mass Balance supply chain models. The first question on a nut butter is aflatoxin: Regulation (EU) 2023/915 caps groundnuts and processed products of them placed on the market for the final consumer at 2.0 µg/kg aflatoxin B1 and 4.0 µg/kg for the sum of B1, B2, G1 and G2, with separate limits for hazelnuts and almonds. UN Comtrade 2024 export declarations under HS 2008.11 total USD 2.50 billion and about 958,500 MT across 118 reporters, led by China USD 706 million, the Netherlands USD 379 million, the USA USD 254 million, Poland USD 131 million, India USD 114 million, Argentina USD 108 million and Germany USD 108 million; HS 2008.19 totals USD 5.76 billion, led by Türkiye USD 1.10 billion and the USA USD 953 million. Both include roasted nuts. Those are declared export values, not offers.

The buyer is a supermarket private-label desk, an importer-distributor, a hotel and airline portion-pack supplier, or a bakery, biscuit and confectionery manufacturer buying bulk spread and nut paste, in the Gulf, Africa, Asia or Europe. CBIL is a commodity brokerage company and brokers generic and private-label cocoa spreads and nut butters from manufacturers in Türkiye, Italy, Poland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the USA, Argentina and India, against the origin authority's health certificate, a certificate of analysis with aflatoxin results by an accredited laboratory, a certificate of origin, a halal certificate from an accepted body and RSPO supply chain certificates where palm is used. Gulf labels follow GSO 9 with Arabic text, allergen declaration and production and expiry dates; US-bound peanut butter meets 21 CFR 164.150 and needs FDA food facility registration and prior notice. Shelf life is set by the manufacturer and stated on the proforma. Cartons of jars, portion packs and tubs, and bulk pails, move palletised in 20-ft or 40-ft dry containers on FOB, CFR and CIF terms; minimum runs are confirmed per product and pack. Send the product, cocoa and nut content, oil basis, pack, label and discharge port, and the enquiry is screened and worked against it.

Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.