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UK dessert brand Pots & Co has expanded its portfolio with two ganache flavours. Handmade in small batches, the new desserts contain high-quality ingredients with no artificial preservatives. According to the company, both desserts are made with ‘Fino de Aroma’ cocoa, which is said to be "classified in the top 8% of cocoa in the world". The new flavours include: Choco latte ganache, which features handmade chocolate ganache made with Fino de Aroma cocoa and roasted coffee and has 80 calories per pot, and chocolate & hazelnut praline ganache, combines the same chocolate ganache but with roasted hazelnuts, coming in at 87 calories per pot. Fraser Thomson, joint-CEO for Pots & Co, said: “Developing a high-quality and great-tasting HFSS-compliant product has been a year-long journey that has seen more recipe development, tasting and testing than we’ve ever done before". He continued: “It’s been a labour of love that has led us to a two-strong line-up of the finest handmade chocolate ganache desserts that are ‘delightfully delicious’ and low in calories at the same time. There’s no compromise between the two in our kitchen, and dessert lovers will still get all the indulgent taste and flavour that Pots & Co is celebrated for." “We pride ourselves on the quality of the ingredients we use, especially when it comes to chocolate. Using this extremely high-quality chocolate means that our ingredients naturally don’t contain as much salt and sugar as others. This gave us an advantage when developing our non-HFSS products, as we were still able to produce restaurant-quality desserts that taste buds everywhere deserve.” Pots & Co's choco latte ganache and chocolate & hazelnut praline ganache will be available at Tesco stores from 1 May with an RRP of £3.50 per pot.