FCIA Fine Chocolate Glossary

Trade & Value Chain

Chocolate, Craft

Often contrasted with “commodity chocolate,” craft chocolate is typically:

  • made in small batches;
  • from high-quality, traceable cocoa, where beans have been sourced for proper fermentation,
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Chocolate, Fine

Fine chocolate is defined in terms of its flavor, texture, and appearance, as well as how its limited ingredients, high cocoa and low sugar content, View Entry

Chocolate, Industrial

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Chocolate, Tree to Bar

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Chocolatier

Chocolatiers are artisans who melt and temper chocolate couverture to re-form it into a bar, a bonbon, a confection, a truffle or another chocolate product. View Entry