Talk:List of chocolate manufacturers

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To the major contributors to this list/article: I added the heading sentence to clarify what I thought the scope of this list should be. Since nobody has reverted it or commented here, you must agree. Since then I've noticed that there are several companies already listed which may not fit this definition. A couple examples are Joseph Schmidt Confections, Vosges, Whitman's, and Whetstone. While I'm not 100% certain the last two don't manufacture chocolate, their company websites make no claim that they do. In fact, Joseph Schmidt sells "Belgian chocolate bars" which very well could be Callebaut with raspberry, or whatever flavor added. I asked this question at a Vosges store and was told, no they don't manufacture chocolate. They buy bulk chocolate, blend and flavor it and mold it into bars. Finally, the question comes down to this, do you agree with the statement I added, and if so, should these (and others) be pruned from the list. Alternatively, there could be separate sections for chocolate producers and companies who make chocolates. Beakerboy 19:49, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I'd missed your change to the text at the top of the list. However, I do support the idea of splitting the list into chocolate manufacturers versus confectioners, and possiby giving the confectioners their own page. I initially created this list to keep the list in Chocolate from growing too long; if it's misleading, then it should be fixed. Argyriou (talk) 19:59, 30 October 2006 (UTC)