products are created from cocoa beans that are sourced from around the world for their quality and their sustainability. Cocoa growing is unique because 80% of the world crop is produced... on 10 acres or less. It is not a mass production commodity and requires unique considerations. Some of our cocoa beans are bought through direct relationships with the cocoa bean... farmers. Some are sourced through agents that the farmers choose to represent their products. We pay a premium well over the market value for the high quality cocoa beans used...

Guittard Chocolate Company Receive Guittard News Contact Us | Legal/Privacy % CACAO. Percentage in a chocolate derived from the cocoa bean inclusive of added cocoa butter. The... '% cacao' excludes sugar, vanilla beans, soya lecithin as well as any other flavors or additives, natural or artificial. ADDED COCOA BUTTER. Cocoa butter that supplements the amount... of cocoa butter naturally inherent in the cocoa bean. Chocolate with added cocoa butter is correctly labeled in terms of its '% cacao', and, any added cocoa butter is included...

, then winnowed, and then slowly ground into finer and finer particles until they become a dark, bitter liquid (chocolate liquor, also called cocoa mass). After being finely ground, different... batches of beans may be blended or not (as with single origin chocolates), and other ingredients such as sugar, added cocoa butter and milk (in the case of milk chocolate) may...

65% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate E. Guittard Ambanja 65% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate E. Guittard 72% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate E. Guittard Cocoa Rouge Cocoa Powder E. Guittard...

Previous Q & As Receive Guittard News Contact Us | Legal/Privacy Q: I have been having problems with my chocolate blooming. What can I do? A: Bloom is just cocoa butter from... is the preparation of melted chocolate to be ready to crystallize neatly when cooled on candy. The cocoa butter naturally present in chocolate will form crystals that are large... in the double boiler until the temperature is 110F. A similar addition of cocoa butter can be made to thin the chocolate. A number of food distributors may carry it. It...