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 | United States | Specialty chocolate maker using primarily criollo cacao beans | |
| Ambrosia | Owned by Archer Daniels Midland | ||
| Amedei | Italy | ||
| Belcolade | Belgium | ||
| Bonnat | France | ||
| Cadbury Schweppes | United Kingdom | Chocolate sold in the U.S. under the Cadbury name is manufactured by Hershey | |
| Caffarel | Italy | ||
| Callebaut | Belgium | large producer of couverture, used in many chocolate products | |
| Chocolatier Neuhaus | Belgium | Accredited supplier to the Belgian Crown | |
| Chocolove | United States | First American chocolate producer to label products with cocoa content.[citation needed] | |
| Côte d'Or | Belgium | Owned by Kraft Foods | |
| 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 | ||
| El Rey Chocolates | Venezuela | ||
| Elite Chocolate | Israel | ||
| Fazer | Finland | ||
| Ferrero SpA | Italy | Nutella, Ferrero Rocher, Pocket Coffee, Mon Chéri, and Giotto | |
| Ghirardelli | U.S. | Owned by Lindt & Sprüngli | |
| Godiva | US (Formerly Belgium) | owned by Campbell Soup Company | |
| 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 | |
| Haigh's Chocolates | Australia | ||
| Hershey's | U.S. | Hershey's, Heath Bar and many others | |
| Jean-Paul Hevin | France | ||
| Hotel Chocolat | UK | ||
| J. S. Fry & Sons | UK | Founded 1759, merged with Cadbury in 1919. | |
| Joseph Schmidt Confections | U.S. | Recently purchased by Hershey | |
| Jamieson's Chocolate | Ghana | Owned by Ruth Hunt Candies | |
| Kraft Foods | U.S. | Milka, Suchard, Toblerone, Côte d'Or, and many others | |
| Leonidas | Belgium | ||
| Lake Champlain Chocolates | U.S. | Five Star Bars, Chocolates of Vermont | |
| Leysieffer | Germany | ||
| Lindt & Sprüngli | Switzerland | Lindt, Lindor | Sprüngli developed conching |
| Malley's Chocolates | U.S. | regional chain of stores, not clear if they make their own chocolate | |
| 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, Kit-Kat, and many others. | |
| Novi | Italy | ||
| 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 | ||
| Recchiuti | U.S. | ||
| Ritter Sport | Germany | Square chocolate | |
| Royce' | Japan | ||
| Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker | U.S. | Recently purchased by Hershey | |
| Shaw's | El Salvador | ||
| Teuscher | Switzerland | ||
| Thorntons | UK | ||
| Traidcraft | UK | First Fair Trade chocolate in UK | |
| Valrhona | France | Couverture used by many candy makers | |
| Venchi | Italy | ||
| Verē | U.S. | Uses pesticide free, sustainably grown beans from Ecuador | |
| Vosges Chocolates | U.S. | ||
| 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 |
