List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers

This is a list of companies which produce chocolate, not chocolates. That is, they process cocoa beans into a product in-house, rather than merely melting chocolate from another manufacturer.

Some are large companies that own the entire process for economic reasons; others aim to control the whole process to improve quality, working conditions, or environmental impact.

Company	Location	Year Founded	Products	Notes
Ah Cacao Real Chocolate	Mexico	2003	Single origin chocolate bars, other chocolate products.	Artisan producer of dark chocolate and related products made of Mexican cacao. Supports wildlife conservation.
Amano Artisan Chocolate	USA (Orem, UT)	2006	Single origin chocolate (bars, couverture), cocoa nibs.	Founding member of the Craft Chocolate Makers of America. The Madagascar bar and the Dos Rios Palet d'or have received gold medals from the London Academy of Chocolate.
Amedei	Italy	1990		Amedei is a luxury chocolate manufacturing company located in Pontedera in the Tuscany region of Italy.
Amul	India	1946
Askinosie Chocolate	USA (Springfield, MO)	2007	Single origin chocolate bars (dark, dark milk, white), single origin natural cocoa powder, roasted cocoa nibs.	Utilizes direct trade, paying farmers above fair trade prices for cocoa beans and sharing profit with them. One of the only small-batch chocolate makers in the USA to press their own cocoa butter.
Barry Callebaut	Switzerland	1996	Acticoa, Alprose, Sarotti, Jacques	Large producer of couverture, used in many chocolate products.
Blommer Chocolate Company	USA (Chicago, Illinois)	1939	Chocolate, cocoa powder, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, panned products, chocolate coatings, chocolate ingredients for the confectionery, pastry, and dairy industries.	Blommer is the largest cocoa processor and ingredient supplier in North America, processing over 45% of US cocoa imports. It is a founding member of the World Cocoa Foundation, which works to support sustainable cocoa production. The product line includes organic and fair-trade products. In addition to the Chicago factory, Blommer operates factories in East Greenville, PA; Union City, CA; Campbellford, Ontario; and Shanghai, China. They also own World's Finest Chocolate in Chicago.
Bonnat Chocolates	France	1884	More than 40 single origins bars.	Bonnat Chocolatier is the oldest artisan producer of chocolate in the world, producing around 100 tons per year. Bonnat was the first chocolate maker to create single-origin and single-estate chocolate bars. Bonnat began exporting chocolate to the French colonies in 1919.
Castronovo Chocolate	USA (Stuart, FL)	2012	Chocolate bars using single-origin cacao from Latin America, roasted cocoa nibs and truffles.	Multiple awards from the International Chocolate Awards and the Academy of Chocolate. Densie Castronovo discovered that harvesting cacao was actually beneficial to the rainforest, through academic work researching of rainforest tree canopies. Castronovo only uses heirloom beans from Latin America.
Chocolaterie Robert	Madagascar	1940	Fine and organic cacao grown and made into chocolate in Madagascar. Couverture, Baking Chocolate, Chocolate Bars, Cacao Butter, Cacao Nibs.	Won gold at the world finals of the International Chocolate Awards for its Chocolate Madagascar Fine Milk Chocolate 50% Cocoa Bar. Also, Academy of Chocolate global winners.
Cocoa Processing Company	Ghana	1981	Golden Tree chocolate bars, chocolate beverages.	Semi-finished products are sold under the Portem brand name to foreign markets. The Confectionery Factory manufactures chocolate confectionery namely, chocolate bars, chocolate spread, drinking chocolate and chocolate dragees. The confectionery products are marketed under the brand name GoldenTree.
Dareo Chocolates	Malaysia	2012	Cocoa, treated cocoa mass, couverture and chocolates for Beverage Producers, Chocolatiers, Bakers and confectioners.	DAREO chocolates “Taste Of Real” An appeal beyond perception is a range of an exclusive brand of chocolates proudly manufactured by DAREO FOOD SDN BHD, established in Malaysia, June 2012. Dareo’s variety of traditional Ethnic Asian and world standard chocolates is gaining popularity as a market leader particularly premium chocolates in Malaysia and Singapore markets.
El Rey Chocolates	Venezuela	1929		El Rey uses only Venezuelan cacao, fermented and sun dried, and processed using state-of-the-art technology.
Ethel M Chocolates	USA (Henderson, NV)	1980	Brittle chocolate-flavored candies, caramels, and fine liqueur-filled chocolates.	Ethel M. Chocolates is owned by Mars Inc. The company is named after the mother of Forrest Mars, Sr.
E. Wedel	Warsaw, Poland (Henderson, NV)	1851	High-quality chocolates, cakes, and snacks. Ptasie Mleczko (bird's milk) - chocolate covered marshmallow; Mieszanka Wedlowska - assorted chocolate covered candy; Torcik Wedlowski (Wedel tort) - a large, circular, chocolate covered wafer with hand-made decorations; Pawełek - chocolate bar with a flavored filling that contains a small amount of alcohol.	E. Wedel is owned by Lotte Group
Favarger	Switzerland	1826	Avelines, Nougalines	Switzerland's oldest chocolate maker - gets its cocoa beans from the tiny West African islands of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Fazer	Helsinki, Finland	1891		The Karl Fazer Nordic Gourmet chocolates that were launched in 2009 combine the unique Nordic berries—lingonberry, blueberry, raspberry and cloudberry—with cocoa grown at the Equator.
Freia	Norway	1889	Made successful by Throne-Holst, who also founded Marabou	Acquired in 1993 by Kraft Foods, which is now known as Mondelez.
Frey	Switzerland	1887	#1 in popularity in Switzerland	Acquired in 1950 by Migros
Garoto	Brazil	1929		Acquired in 2002 by Nestlé.
Ghirardelli	USA (San Francisco, CA)	1852	Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco is named after this chocolate-making family.	Since 1998, owned by Lindt & Sprüngli.
Guittard	USA (Burlingame, CA)	1850s	Makes couverture chocolate using original formulas and traditional French methods.	Supplies chocolate to See's Candies
Hachez	Germany	1890	Truffles, chocolate candies, chocolate bars, and chocolate coins.	The Bremer HACHEZ Chocolade GmbH & Co. was established by Joseph Emile Hachez, a chocolatier of Belgian origin, on July 1, 1890.
Haigh's Chocolates	Adelaide, Australia	1915		Haigh’s is the oldest family-owned chocolate manufacturing retailer in Australia.
Hershey's	USA (Hershey, PA)	1894	Hershey's, Hershey's Kisses, KitKat, Bliss, Heath Bar, Reese's, Dagoba, Scharffen Berger and many others. Hershey ceased bean-to-bar manufacturing around 2007 or 2008. They produce only the Scharffen Berger from bean to bar. See also List of products manufactured by The Hershey Company.
Hotel Chocolat	UK	2003	A variety of chocolate bars and filled chocolates, collections of single origin and single plantation chocolate as well as a range of savoury cocoa products.	Company began as an online only service, before moving into the retail market. Company also owns a cocoa plantation on St Lucian (The Rabot Estate). Hotel Chocolat has an "Engaged Ethics" program in St Lucia and Ghana, seeking to provide farmers with a fair price and necessary support.
J. S. Fry & Sons	UK	1761		Merged with Cadbury in 1919.
Kalev	Estonia	1806		Most or all products under the Kalev namebrand.
Kraft Heinz Company	USA (Northfield, IL, Pittsburgh, PA)	1869	Milka, Suchard, Toblerone, Côte d'Or, Marabou, Cadbury and many others	Bought Cadburys in 2009.
Kraš	Croatia	1911	Milk chocolates (Dorina), chocolate bars, (Dorina, Životinjsko carstvo, Bajadera), nougat desserts and more	Founded 1911 as Union, incorporated in 1950, located in Zagreb, Croatia.
Laima (confectioner)	Riga, Latvia	1870
Lindt & Sprüngli	Switzerland	1845	Lindt, Lindor	Lindt developed the conching process. Lindt & Sprüngli bought Ghirardelli Chocolates in 1998.
Mars, Incorporated	USA (McLean, Virginia)	1911	M&Ms, Snickers, Dove Chocolate, and others.	Large chocolate manufacturer, with $30 billion USD revenue in 2008.
Mast Brothers	USA (Brooklyn, New York)	2007	Chocolate bars, chocolate beer, and chocolate confections.	Small manufacturer with flagships in Brooklyn, London, and most recently Los Angeles. A part of the Brooklyn craft movement and NYC’s first bean-to-bar producers.
Mayordomo	Oaxaca, Mexico		Table chocolate, Mole	Producer of chocolate made from local cacao. Stores often will mix beans with other ingredients and grind it to customer specifications.
Michel Cluizel	France	1948		Michel Cluizel has been a manufacturer of high-quality chocolate in the French town of Damville in Normandy since 1948. Michel Cluizel also has a store in Paris.
Mindo Chocolate Makers	USA (Dexter, MI) and Ecuador (Mindo, Ecuador)	2009	chocolate bars, baking chocolate, cocoa powder, cocoa mass, raw whole beans, nibs	Member of the Craft Chocolate Makers of America. A micro-batch bean to bar chocolate maker who ferments and roasts beans. Practices Direct Trade.
Natra	Spain	1950	No brands, only private label products and co-production for third parties	Independent producer of chocolate and chocolate products, focusing on the private label business.
Nestlé	Switzerland	1866	Nestlé, and many others.
Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company	USA & Ghana	1991		Corporate headquarters in US, chocolate grown and processed in Ghana.
Pacari Chocolate	Ecuador	2002	Produces raw whole beans, nibs, chocolate bars, baking chocolate, cocoa powder, cacao butter, and other chocolate covered products.	First chocolate company to receive biodynamic certification. Cacao is produced using fair trade practices in Ecuador. Products are certified Kosher and Organic.
Patric Chocolate	USA (Columbia, MO)	2006	Craft chocolate maker of bean-to-bar products. The product line includes dark chocolate bars, milk chocolate bars, and chocolate bars with inclusions.	Winners of the 2016 Good Food Awards in the chocolate category.
Perugina	Italy & USA	1907	Baci chocolate, Italian chocolate, pernigotti gianduiotti, glacia mints, sorrento hard candy, spicchi hard candy, perugina glacia mints, perugina sorrento, lazzaroni cookies.	Now a division of Nestlé.
Royce'	Japan	1983
Scharffen Berger	USA (Robinson, IL)	1996	Chocolate bars, varieties of dark chocolate.	Purchased by Hershey in 2005; original Berkeley, CA factory closed in 2009.
Stollwerck	Germany	1839	Sprengel, Sarotti, Gubor, Quintie KFT, Thüringer Schokoladenwerk GmbH	Owned since 2002 by Barry Callebaut. They also operated a museum—adjacent to the factory—in Cologne Germany. It is now operated by Lindt.
Storck	Germany	1903		A Berlin-based confectionery company in operation for more than 100 years.
Swisslion Group	Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina	1962	Bean to bar - dark/milk/white chocolate bars (‘Daria’, ‘Duo’), ‘Choco Banana’, chocolate spread (Eurocrem), chocolate biscuits (‘Ressana’, ‘Choco Biscuit’), chocolate wafers (‘Linea’) and more.	A multinational manufacturer in Southeastern Europe, with factories in Serbia (Vršac & Gornji Milanovac), Macedonia (Resen & Skopje), Croatia (Sisak) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Trebinje). Founded in 1962, headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia.
Taza Chocolate	USA (Somerville, MA)	2006	Bean-to-bar organic, stone ground chocolate
TCHO Chocolate	USA (Berkeley, CA)	2005	Bean-to-bar chocolate factory. Has a program called TCHOSource where they partner with bean farmers to help them improve the quality of their crops and to process their beans more effectively.	Bean-to-bar chocolate factory
Theo Chocolate	USA (Seattle, WA)	2006	High quality chocolate from world's best cacao beans	Bean-to-bar chocolate factory. The first chocolate manufacturer in the US to be both 100 percent organic and fair-trade.
Thorntons	UK	1911	Different styles and types of chocolate produced	Thorntons today is a £180 million turnover company with 360 shops and cafes and 230 franchises together with internet, mail order, and commercial services.
Traidcraft	UK	1979		The company has two components: a public limited company called Traidcraft plc, which sells fairly traded products in the United Kingdom; and a development charity called Traidcraft Exchange that works with poor producers in Africa and Asia. They sold the first fair trade chocolate in UK.
Ülker	Turkey	1944		Owners of Godiva Chocolatier.
Valrhona	France	1922		Couverture used by many chocolatiers.
Vanparys	Belgium	1889	Chocolate dragées, almond dragées, mini dragées, chocolate coated whole fruit, chocolate coated almonds and hazelnuts, coffee & chocolate, cake decorations, Easter products	The company produces chocolate and sugar coated confections (i.e. almonds, nuts etc.), but is particularly known for its dragées (sugar-coated chocolate and almonds).
Venchi	Italy	1878	Gourmet candy bars, novelty spreads, chocolate-coated caviar, extra-dark chocolate, and chocolate bars with nuts	Venchi uses cocoa originating from plantations in Central/South America and Africa, distilled rum from the Caribbean, as well as natural vanilla.
Venezuelan Black	UK	1998		Small producer of single estate 100% chocolate bars using Venezuelan cacao. The companies launch was televised as the series Willie's Wonky Chocolate Factory was aired in the UK during 2008.
Verkade	Netherlands	1886		Verkade's products are available through resellers.
Villars-Maitre-Chocolatier	Switzerland	1901		Their chocolate contains a lot of stirred-in and covered nuts.
Whitman's	USA	1842	Best known for Whitman's Sampler, now a part of Russell Stover.
Whittaker's	New Zealand	1896	Various flavors of slab chocolate, family-sized bars, almond gold, and K-Bars.	James Henry Whittaker started the business in Christchurch in 1896 and it was later moved to Wellington.
Wilbur Chocolate	USA (Lititz, PA)	1884		Purchased by Cargill in 1992.
World's Finest Chocolate	USA (Chicago, IL)	1949	The company is known for chocolate bars commonly sold by schools and social service organizations as part of fundraisers.	Family-owned and based in Chicago for over 50 years. Purchased by Blommer Chocolate Company.

See also

• Specialty foods
• List of candies
• List of chocolate bar brands
• List of confectionery brands