Chocolate Glossary

Plain-language definitions for chocolate terms used across Chof.

Cocoa Percentage

Cocoa percentage is the share of a chocolate bar made from cacao-derived ingredients: cocoa solids and cocoa butter.

Bean-to-bar chocolate is made by a maker who works from raw cacao beans all the way to the finished bar.

Tree-to-bar chocolate is made by a producer involved from the cacao tree through to the finished chocolate.

Single-origin chocolate is made with cacao from one country, region, estate or farm instead of a broad anonymous blend.

Dutch-processed cocoa is cocoa treated with an alkalising agent to reduce acidity and darken the colour.