Brazilian Chocolate Makers & Brands

Frequently asked about chocolate makers in Brazil

• What is Brazilian chocolate known for?

  Tree-to-bar and bean-to-bar making from home-grown Brazilian cacao, from Bahia to the Amazon. After disease devastated its plantations in the late 1980s, Brazil rebuilt around quality, and its craft bars now score well, leaning deep and savoury.

• Do Brazilian makers use Brazilian cacao?

  Almost entirely, yes. Most Brazilian bars on Chof are made from home-grown cacao, so Brazil is both a cacao origin and a maker scene. You can explore that cacao on the Brazil origin page.

• What are the best Brazilian chocolate brands?

  Chof lists 12 Brazilian chocolate makers and brands. Ranked by the best Chof Score among each maker's published bars, the top three in Brazil are C'alma for its Intenso 70% (5.0 out of 5 from 4 community ratings), Luisa Abram for its Acará River 70% (4.3 out of 5 from 4 community ratings) and Baianí for its Latitude 13 Coffee 70%. Chof Score rates what a maker discloses about a bar: how precisely the origin is named, how clean the ingredient list is, and how much of the fermenting, drying and roasting is documented.

• How many chocolate makers in Brazil are listed on Chof?

  Chof currently lists 12 chocolate makers based in Brazil.

• Are there any bean-to-bar chocolate makers in Brazil?

  Yes. 10 of the 12 makers listed in Brazil on Chof work bean-to-bar. 3 of them are tree-to-bar, growing the cacao as well.

• What is the median Chof Score for Brazilian chocolate?

  Across the 72 scored Brazilian bars on Chof, the median Chof Score is 87 out of 100, and the most common maker type is bean-to-bar. Chof Score scores bars on fine-chocolate signals like ingredient purity and cacao traceability, not taste.

• Where can I find Brazil cacao on Chof?

  Bean origin (where the cacao is grown) and maker country (where the chocolate is made) are different things. To browse chocolate made with cacao from Brazil, open the Brazil cacao origin page on Chof.