Cacao farmers, who grow any kind of cacao and sell to industrial chocolate makers, have no incentive to grow quality beans.

• Cacao (cocoa) percentage is the quantity of ground-up beans that is present in the chocolate bar.
• Milk chocolates have 10 to 30 % cacao, while dark chocolates have 35 to 55 %
• White chocolates generally have 20 % beans(butter only)
• More cacao doesn't necessarily mean i...

Chocolatiers take pre-made chocolate, melt it and combine it with a host of ingredients, turning it into delicacies.

The handcrafted chocolate market was re-ignited after 150 years by Mr. John Scharffenberger, and Robert Steinberg. The only other craft chocolate maker at that time, Guittard, had lost the art of making fine chocolates and had to change their production methods after tasting Scharffen Berger's ch...

Chocolates are everyone's favorite treat, and there is more to them than we know. Americans spend $21 Billion on chocolates every year, paying up to $55 for a single bar.

• Cacao (or Cocoa) beans are the seeds that grow in the cacao tree, which are plucked, roasted and separated.
• The 'nibs' from the beans (part solids and part butter) are ground and made into a paste, which is then again grounded with sugar and some other ingredients.
• The indust...

There is a dark side to chocolate making, with children working in hazardous conditions in cacao farms.

Authentic chocolate makers are like fine chefs and are obsessed about the texture, character and ethical origins of their beans.