Japanese Chocolate Brands & Makers
Of the 7 Japanese chocolate brands and makers on Chof, the three whose top bar has the highest Chof Score are Green Bean to Bar Chocolate, Minimal and Rico Kagurazaka.
Japanese chocolate on Chof
What the catalogue shows for makers based in Japan.
Where Japanese makers source cacao
Median across the 70 scored bars from makers based in Japan. Chof Score scores bars on fine-chocolate signals like ingredient purity and cacao traceability, not taste. How Chof Score works.
Japanese chocolate bars
The highest Chof Scores among bars with a photo from makers based in Japan. Open a bar for its score breakdown.
Starbucks Reserve Madagascar 70%
Fruity
Chuao 70%
Esmeraldas 70%
Seasonal
Savory
Kamili
Arhuaco 65%
Bars with awards
24 bars from makers based in Japan have award results on Chof. Showing the 12 with the newest results. How Chof lists awards
Chocolate makers by city in Japan
City pages, for cities where Chof has confirmed the locations of enough makers.
Based in Japan
Frequently asked about chocolate makers in Japan
What are the best Japanese chocolate brands?
Chof lists 7 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 7 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 70 scored Japanese bars on Chof, the median Chof Score is 85 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. Japan is a chocolate-making country rather than a cacao-growing origin, so Chof has no Japan cacao origin page. To browse chocolate by cacao origin, open the cacao origins index on Chof.
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Scan a Japan bar and track what you taste
Open Chof while a Japan bar is in your hand to log your tasting, save the maker, and compare it with related bars.
