Chocolate
Chocolate is a food made with roasted and refined cacao beans with sugar and other ingredients.
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Trade & Value Chain
Chocolate Bar
A chocolate bar is a solid, shaped product containing chocolate made with some or all of the following: cocoa solids, cocoa butter, sugar, and milk. View Entry
Chocolate Confection
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Chocolate Liquor
Cocoa nib which is finely ground. Like chocolate, it is solid at room temperature but liquid above 35°C.
Source: The Science of Chocolate (2008)
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Chocolate Maker
At the broadest level, any person or entity that transforms dry cacao into chocolate, regardless of method or volume.
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Chocolate Maker, Bean to Bar
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Chocolate Maker, Liquor to Bar
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Chocolate, Artisan
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Chocolate, Bean to Bar
“Bean to bar” is an approach to making chocolate that communicates added value and a focus on maximizing the natural flavors inherent in the cacao View Entry
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Chocolate, Craft
Often contrasted with “commodity chocolate,” craft chocolate is typically:
- made in small batches;
- from high-quality, traceable cocoa, where beans have been sourced for proper fermentation,