List of chocolate manufacturers
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This is a list of companies who produce chocolate, not chocolates. That is, they process cocoa beans into a product versus melting chocolate for use as coating or molding into truffles, pralines, or other chocolate confectionaries.
| Country | Other brand names | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amano Artisan Chocolate | U.S. | Specialty chocolate maker using primarily criollo cacao beans | |
| Ambrosia | Owned by Archer Daniels Midland | ||
| Amedei | Italy | ||
| Anthon Berg | Denmark | Purveyors to the Royal Danish Court | |
| Askinosie Chocolate | U.S. | Small batch bean to bar chocolate maker who buys direct from farmers sharing a "Stake In the Outcome" with them ensuring fair trade that impacts the quality and traceability of the bean. | |
| Barry Callebaut | Switzerland | ||
| Belcolade | Belgium | ||
| Blommer Chocolate | U.S. | Largest processor of cocoa beans in North America. | |
| Bonnat Chocolates | France | ||
| Cadbury Schweppes | United Kingdom | Cadbury Schweppes products | Chocolate sold in the U.S. under the Cadbury name is manufactured by Hershey |
| Caffarel | Italy | ||
| Callebaut | Belgium | Brach's, Acticoa, Sarotti, Jacques | large producer of couverture, used in many chocolate products |
| Camille Bloch | Switzerland | Ragusa, Torino | Founded 1929 |
| Chocolatier Neuhaus | Belgium | Accredited supplier to the Belgian Crown | |
| Chocolates Valor | Spain | Founded 1881 | |
| Chocovic | Spain | ||
| Confiserie Coppeneur et Compagnon | Germany | Founded 1993 by Oliver Coppeneur and Georg Bernardini | |
| Coti Chocolate Manufactures | Port Elizabeth South Africa | Coti Brand Chocolates | |
| Hotel Chocolat | UK | Hotel Chocolat is a British owned luxury chocolate manufacturer. Their chocolate is produced in their Estate, St. Lucia | |
| Côte d'Or | Belgium | Owned by Kraft Foods | |
| Dagoba | U.S. | Dagoba is the Sanskrit word for temple. Their chocoloate is produced in southern Oregon. Recently purchased by Hershey | |
| De Vries Chocolate | U.S. | ||
| Divine Chocolate Company | UK | Divine (range of chocolates) and Dubble (for children) | All products carry the Fairtrade Mark. Co-owned by co-operative of Ghanaian cocoa farmers |
| Dolfin | Belgium | ||
| Domori | Venezuela, Italy | ||
| E.Wedel | Poland | Founded in 1851 | |
| El Rey Chocolates | Venezuela | ||
| Elite Chocolate | Israel | ||
| Favarger | Switzerland | Avelines, Nougalines | Founded 1826 |
| Fazer | Finland | Makes the best chocolate in the world -George W. Bush | |
| Felchlin | Switzerland | Founded in 1908 by Max Josef Felchlin. Couverture includes beans from Ecuador, Ghana, Java, Madagascar, and Venezuela | |
| Feodora | Germany | ||
| Ferrero SpA | Italy | Nutella, Ferrero Rocher, Pocket Coffee, Mon Chéri, and Giotto | |
| Frey (chocolate)[1] | Switzerland | Founded 1887, acquired in 1950 by Migros | |
| Garoto | Brazil | Founded 1929, acquired in 2002 by Nestlé. | |
| Ghirardelli | U.S. | Owned by Lindt & Sprüngli | |
| Godiva | U.S. (Formerly Belgium) | owned by Ülker, bought from Campbell Soup Company on Dec 20, 2007 | |
| Green and Blacks | UK | organic chocolate products with high percentage of cocoa solids, owned by Cadbury Schweppes | |
| Guittard | U.S. | Supplies chocolate to See's Candies | |
| Hachez | Germany | ||
| Haigh's Chocolates | Australia | ||
| Hershey's | U.S. | Hershey's, Heath Bar and many others. Hershey products | |
| Jacques Torres Chocolate | U.S. | ||
| Jean-Paul Hevin | France | ||
| Hotel Chocolat | UK | ||
| J. S. Fry & Sons | UK | Founded 1759, merged with Cadbury in 1919. | |
| Jamieson's Chocolate | Ghana | Owned by Ruth Hunt Candies | |
| Kalev | Estonia | Most or all products under the Kalev namebrand | |
| Kraft Foods | U.S. | Milka, Suchard, Toblerone, Côte d'Or, and many others | |
| Leonidas | Belgium | ||
| La Maison du Chocolat | France | Hand made chocolate creation | |
| Leysieffer | Germany | ||
| Lindt & Sprüngli | Switzerland | Lindt, Lindor | Sprüngli developed conching |
| Maestrani | Switzerland | Minor, Munz | Founded 1852 |
| Pierre Marcolini Chocolatier | Belgium | First workshop opened in 1995 | |
| Mars Incorporated | U.S. | Snickers, M&Ms, Dove, others under M&M/Mars label | |
| Merckens | U.S. | Owned by Archer Daniels Midland | |
| Michel Cluizel | France | ||
| Nestlé | Switzerland | Nestlé, and many others. | |
| New Zealand Food Group | New Zealand | Richfields, Maxies | |
| Novi | Italy | ||
| Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company | U.S. & Ghana | Corporate headquarters in US, chocolate grown and processed in Ghana. | |
| Patric Chocolate | U.S. | Micro-batch, bean-to-bar, fine dark chocolate maker. | |
| Perugina | Italy | Now a division of Nestlé | |
| Peter's Chocolate | Switzerland | Daniel Peter invented milk chocolate. Sold by Nestlé to Wilbur Chocolate in 2002 | |
| Peyrano | Italy | ||
| Chocolat Poulain | France | ||
| Pralus | France | Specializes in single-origin chocolates from many locales | |
| Ritter Sport | Germany | Square chocolate | |
| Royce' | Japan | Rogers chocolate-Victoria BC Canada | |
| Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker | U.S. | Recently purchased by Hershey | |
| Shaw's | El Salvador | ||
| Soma Chocolatemaker | Canada | Beans are roasted and processed in Toronto's historic Distillery District. Mostly 70% single origin chocolate (Madagascar, Ocumare, Ghana, Dominican Republic), some spiced chocolate, and lots of hot chocolate mixes. | |
| Stollwerk | Germany | Sprengel, Sarotti, Gubor, Quintie KFT, Thüringer Schokoladenwerk GmbH | |
| Tcho | U.S. | Based in San Francisco and founded in 2007 by Louis Rossetto (founder of Wired magazine) and Timothy Childs, using equipment purchased from a defunct chocolate factory inside an old castle in Wernigerode, in the former East Germany. As of late 2007, Tcho was still in a "beta" phase, with plans for a full product launch by February 2008. | |
| Teuscher | Switzerland | ||
| Theo Chocolate | U.S. | 3400 Phinney | Based in Seattle, only roaster of organic cocoa beans & first roaster of Fair Trade certified cocoa beans in the U.S. |
| Thorntons | UK | ||
| Traidcraft | UK | First Fair Trade chocolate in UK | |
| Ummah Foods | U.K. | First Halal chocolates | |
| Valrhona | France | Couverture used by many candy makers | |
| Venezuelan Black | UK | Small producer of single estate 100% chocolate bars using venezuelan cacao. The companies launch was televised as the series Willie's Wonky Chocolate Factory which aired in the UK during 2008. | |
| Venchi | Italy | ||
| Verē | U.S. | Uses pesticide free, sustainably grown beans from Ecuador | |
| Villars | Switzerland | Founded 1901 | |
| Whetstone | U.S. | ||
| Whitman's | U.S. | Best known for Whitman's Sampler, now a part of Russell Stover. | |
| Whittaker's | New Zealand | ||
| Wilbur Chocolate | U.S. | Owned by Cargill | |
| World's Finest Chocolate | U.S. |
Family-owned and based in Chicago for over 50 years; one of nine American companies that manufactures chocolate directly from the bean. |
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| Eti | Turkiye | ||
| Ülker | Turkiye | ||
| Krupskaya factory | Russia |
