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t is no longer sufficient
for a chocolate bar to
be presented as being
organic. Nor does it raise
much interest among the
chocoholics to declare that
it is produced with fair
trade cocoa beans, simply
because the consumer now
expects more. While in the
past these were popular
characteristics, more
emphasis is being placed
on bean to bar chocolates.
Bean to bar chocolates are
now taken a step further as
a handful of manufacturers
are getting right down to
the source, and building
cocoa processing facilities
where the farms are located.
This new wave of chocolate
makers either closely work
with the farmers to improve
crops, provide training
on better cocoa farming
practices, or even grant
a share of the company
profits. A handful of boutique
chocolate makers create
single origin bars whose
beans are grown, processed,
and transformed into
chocolate bars on site under
the care and supervision
of one group while
providing more work and
opportunities for the local
community.
The creation of the chocolate bar
as we know it has long been a joint
effort between different groups,
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