Japanese Chocolate Makers & Brands

Frequently asked about chocolate makers in Japan

• What are the best Japanese chocolate brands?

  Chof lists 3 Japanese chocolate makers and brands. Ranked by the best Chof Score among each maker's published bars, the top three in Japan are Green Bean to Bar Chocolate for its Starbucks Reserve Madagascar 70%, Minimal for its Fruity and Rico Kagurazaka for its Kurobeni. 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 Japan are listed on Chof?

  Chof currently lists 3 chocolate makers based in Japan.

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

  Yes. Every maker listed in Japan on Chof works bean-to-bar.

• What is the median Chof Score for Japanese chocolate?

  Across the 28 scored Japanese bars on Chof, the median Chof Score is 88 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 Japan 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 Japan, open the Japan cacao origin page on Chof.