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Bean to bar chocolate makers
Here is a list of bean to bar makers. It is not a list of ethical companies or artisan chocolate makers. It simply means that these companies all make their chocolate all the way from raw cacao beans to the molded bar. This list is the result of an ongoing project conducted at 70%, where members maintain a discussion and make attempts to verify that each company on this list actually makes chocolate from raw beans. The reason for verification is that sometimes companies wish to sound hip and trendy and so they claim to be bean bar. The idea is to have some type of definitive list going of who actually makes chocolate from the bean for RETAIL (not solely commercial, industrial, sale).
Africa
Madecasse (Madagascar)
Claudio Corallo (São Tomé)
Divine Chocolate
Australia
Haigh's Chocolates
Tava (factory is currently not operational)
Zokoko
Europe
Austria
Zotter
Belgium
Barry Callebaut
Pierre Marcolini
Denmark
Carletti
TOMS Gruppen
France
Bernachon
Bonnat
Michel Cluizel
Pralus
Valrhona
Weiss
Germany
Euromar
Hachez
Herza
Ludwig
Ludwig Weinrich
Storck
Italy
Amedei
Casa Don Puglisi
Cioccolato Peyrano
DeBondt
Domori
Ferrero
ICAM
Majani
Spain
Chocovic (now owned by Barry Callebaut)
Natra
Sweden
Malmö Chokladfabrik
Swizerland
Confiserie Berner
Felchlin
United Kingdom
Cadbury-Schweppes
Red Star
Sir Hans Sloane
Willie's Cacao
North America
Canada
Soma Chocolatemaker
United States
Amano
Askinosie
Black Mountain Chocolate
Cacao Atlanta
Cacao Prieto
DeVries
Escazu
Jacques Torres (no longer in production)
Kraft
Lindt (not a US company)
Mars
Mast Brothers
Mindo Chocolate Maker
Nestle (technically not a US company)
Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory
Patric Chocolate
Rogue Chocolatier
Scharffen Berger
Latin America/ Caribbean
AMMA (Brazil)
Chocolates Condor (Bolivia)
Chocolates Para Ti(Bolivia)
Cooperativa Naranjillo (Peru)
Cotton Tree Chocolate (Belize)
Danta Chocolate (Guatemala)
El Castillo del Cacao (Nicaragua)
El Ceibo (Bolivia)
El Rey (Venezuela)
Fenix (Argentina)
Grenada Chocolate Company (Grenada)
Hacienda Bukare (Venezuela)
Kallari (Ecuador)
Momotombo Chocolate Factory (Nicaragua)
Pacari (Ecuador)
Rain Republic Chocolate (Guatemala)
Santander (Colombia)
Tags: bean-to-bar, chocolate-makers
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Clay Gordon on -
Because of the spill over between this thread and the thread on enzymes in cacao I am temporarily closing this thread to further comments to give things a chance to calm down.
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Permalink Reply by ChocoFiles on -
Is Alter Eco a bean to bar company?
I'm currently reviewing several of their bars. The beans are grown by the El Ceibo Cooperative in Bolivia and the chocolate is made "in the pure Swiss tradition" by someone in Switzerland.
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Permalink Reply by Clay Gordon on
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Lowe ... Alter Eco is a US-based product sourcing and marketing company. If the bars are made in Switzerland, then how can Alter Eco be bean to bar?
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Permalink Reply by ChocoFiles on
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I guess I should have done more research on the internet first. I was only looking at the package which says in large bold letters on the front "El Ceibo Cooperative" then on the back "Made in Switzerland" and distributed by "Alter Eco Americas". Going by this information alone I thought it would be possible for the company to be bean to bar, made in Switzerland but distributed in the U.S. Now I wonder-- who actually makes the Bolivian beans into chocolate?
It turns out that Alter Eco is a French company started in 1999.
Clay, thanks clarifying this.
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Permalink Reply by Bong Willy on -
I've updated the database with Rogue Chocolatier, from Minneapolis, MN. The founder, is the youngest chocolate maker that I know, and if I'm not mistaken, Colin Gasko is also a TCL member too. Can't wait their chocolates, that I've ordered, arrive in my home in January :-p
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Permalink Reply by Duffy Sheardown on -
I make chocolate from bean to bar in the UK - Red Star Chocolate. Clay has even tasted some of it...
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Permalink Reply by Bong Willy on
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Hi Duffy
Yes, and I've read about you at Seventypercent.com, wanna taste yours too, but I can't order them from my country *sigh*
Someday when I can make it to Europe and UK, I will definitely go to your workshop to learn and taste some sample, if you don't mind :-)
Willy
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Permalink Reply by Clay Gordon on
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Just for fun, here is the ICCO (International Cocoa Organization) of "Chocolate Manufacturers." In looking at it I see:
- None of the American craft chocolate makers on the list (e.g., Amano, Askinosie, Black Mountain, Cacao Atlanta, Escazu, Patric, Rogue, Theo ...).
- Some other amazing oversights - Pralus, Bernachon, Debelis, Ambrosia, Belcolade,
- Some companies that clearly don't belong on the list (Green and Black's - until recently, anyway, all G&B product was made by the Italian company ICAM; Astor, Asher's).
- Does Scharffen Berger count any more (as manufacturing is supposedly done by Hershey). Dagoba as well?
It's not clear what the criteria are for inclusion. One very new company, AMMA (Brazil) is on the list.
Thoughts?
:: Clay
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Permalink Reply by Jcandy on -
Thank you for sharing this information about Bean to bar chocolate makers.
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Permalink Reply by Ice Blocks! on -
Not sure whether these guys can be classified as bean to bar yet but they seem to be heading in that direction.
Farm by Nature
Phone: 392128188
Website: http://www.farmbynature.com.au/When it comes to the Cocoa itself, Farm By Nature is on the road ( through their sister company Cocoa Australia)
to grow Australia’s first cocoa Plantation in Far North Queensland.
The first of these little Aussie beans should be available in 2010 and used to create a unique Australian Cocoa Farm Range.
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