Bean to bar chocolate makers

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Permalink Reply by Ice Blocks! on January 4, 2011 at 1:29am

http://australianrawqacao.com/australian-raw-qacao-cacao-fruit-bean

This site purports to sell raw organic Australian beans already.

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Permalink Reply by Tom on January 5, 2011 at 5:02pm

Yeah, I saw that the other day too, don't know who those hippies are, I'll have to ask.

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Permalink Reply by Clay Gordon on January 5, 2011 at 7:07pm

Unfortunately, the content of the site is so poorly written, edited, proofread, and fact-checked that it's self-marginalizing and comes off as very fringe - even farther out than most on this subject. It will be interesting to see how the business takes off.

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Permalink Reply by Ice Blocks! on January 5, 2011 at 9:09pm

I've found and Australian Certified Organic farm listed as producing Cocao in Killaloe QLD but as yet had no reply from them.

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Permalink Reply by ChocoFiles on January 6, 2011 at 12:12pm

RE: http://australianrawqacao.com/australian-raw-qacao-cacao-fruit-bean

 

Qacao sounds to me like a lot of Quackery mixed with spiritual mumbo jumbo.

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Permalink Reply by ChocoFiles on January 6, 2011 at 12:19pm

Is Bernard Castelain a bean-to-bar maker or a fondeur?  Their website is only in French and I don't read French.  I suspect that they're a fondeur but I don't currently have any evidence either way.  All I know is that their chocolate wrappers don't say anywhere that they are b2b.

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Permalink Reply by Casey on January 6, 2011 at 7:27pm

I wonder if we ought to add Mindo, Snake and Butterfly, Potomac, Salazon, all newer US makers claiming to be b2b, but I have not exactly called them up to quiz them... Isn't there someone on this list also who says they make b2b, Oakland Chocolate Company?

 

This list is going to be getting so long as small b2b increase exponentially over the next years, so can I just add my grandma's home brew now?  She sells to her Mahjong club.

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Permalink Reply by ChocoFiles on January 9, 2011 at 9:32am

Thanks Casey.  I've added a few of those that I didn't have to my personal list of b2b companies.  I've got a list of 284 companies that are bean to bar, fondeurs, or some mixture.  Some I don't know what they are.

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Permalink Reply by ChocoFiles on January 9, 2011 at 9:41am

Is Vivani in Germany a bean to bar company?  I suspect that they are fondeurs, but I'd like to make sure.  I gleaned from their website that they are owned by Ludwig Weinrich, and marketed by their subsidiary EcoFinia GmbH.  They said that Weinrich has made chocolate for over 100 years, but they make no mention of actually being b2b.  In addition, my very low enjoyment of their dark chocolate (72% bar, my enjoyment rating = 2 out of 10.) makes me suspect that they didn't make it themself.  Does anyone have any more information about this?

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Permalink Reply by Casey on January 18, 2011 at 6:22pm

I added those I mentioned in my reply just above to the master list, plus made made these and all the other newer additions hyperlinks. I have not added Salazon, as I'm slightly suspicious of this company.

 

For example, this from their FAQ

 

"Why don’t you make milk chocolate?
At Salazon we see chocolate as an energy food not candy, so we simply stay away from offering sweeter, more candy-like milk chocolate. "

 

And what is their chosen default percentage for this "dark" chocolate?  54%!!

 

But that may be too bitter for many, so

 

"However, we do understand that some people may want a touch more sweetness so we created our Organic Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt and Organic Turbinado Sugar bar."

 

Also, there seems to be nothing on the website with any information on who these people are, not even their names, and no information about or photos of their chocolate making process. Except that they are the "Salazon Chocolate Co Team," which consists of "a group of us were on a backpacking trip to Utah."

Therefore, who knows who they are, or if they grasp "bean to bar" meaning.

 

btw, has anyone tried their chocolates? I see they are available at Whole Foods.

 

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Permalink Reply by Casey on February 4, 2011 at 10:12pm

What about Vestri and Cacao Sampaka?

 

As far as I know, there are only claims that Vestri is tree to bar, in that they own their own plantation. But in the case of Sampaka, it seems to me I've heard both claims that they are bean to bar, and claims to the contrary.

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Permalink Reply by BAstiaan on March 14, 2011 at 5:38am

Hi Guys, I guess we can also add Ananda Chocolate to this list? The Bio/FT arriba cacao bar dressed in a home compostable foil... 100% produced in country of origine, being Ecuador. Ananda Chocolate

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