Learning Objective: Research and source the different chocolate and cocoa products
Bulk chocolate and cocoa producers
Major international companies
Use each company's website to do your product research. You should be familiar with all these producers and their products by the end of the program. The bigger companies have distributors in different regions. If you're interested in tasting a particular chocolate, use the company contact or lists of distributors on their website to find the distribution source in your region.
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BEAN TO BONBON & BAR |
Bulk chocolate manufacturers including those who also offer organic - indicated with a • and/or Lecithin free with a • ADM Cocoa Barry Callebaut •
Belcolade - Debelis US • CasaLuker Cantalou-Cemoi Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate includes: Peter's Chocolate, Gerkens, Wilbur Chocolate Company •, and Veliche brands Chocolat Stella • Felchlin • Gepa • ICAM and Agostoni • • Indeca Industria e Comercio de Cacau Ltda Nacional de Chocolates, Columbia, owns the brands: Nord Cacao - deodorized cocoa butter Patisfrance, Belcolade, Puratos Sweet Earth Organics • They don't make their own chocolate at this point but distribute Puratos, Agostoni and Guittard organic wafers in their wholesale packs in small quantities. Tava Wikipedia also has a list of manufacturers that might be helpful. Looking for sugar-free? Most manufacturers have a sugar-free chocolate in their product lines. |
These independent chocolatiers make some or all of their retail products from beans they've sourced themselves. Some have plantations, others buy direct from the growers. The following will sell bulk to other chocolatiers:Amedei Srl (Il Cioccolato Amedei) • Chocolat Weiss Chocoley has their own chocolate made for them by a U.S. manufacturer. Domori - Italy • Marcolini – only a small portion of his line. Michel Cluizel • Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory ScharffenBerger Chocolate Maker The following mainly make chocolate for their own use but more and more are offering to partner with chocolatiers:Marou • Pacari • •
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COCOA BEAN BROKERS
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Contacting the executive directors and/or researching the membership lists of the following cocoa associations will help you to find a broker.
Here are some small suppliers – make sure to ask for a client list so you can contact them to find out if the company delivers bean quality and service before buying:
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