Scharffen Berger(R) Chocolate Maker - Producing America's Finest Dark Chocolate from Bean to Bar.BERKELEY, Calif. -- San Francisco based Scharffen Berger(R) Chocolate Maker prides itself on bean to bar premium chocolate production methods. One of the first chocolate manufacturers established in the United States in the past 50 years, Scharffen Berger chocolate is masterfully crafted in small batches using old-world chocolate-making methods and restored vintage European machinery. Scharffen Berger's complex and flavorful chocolate results from the finest cacao cacao (kəkä`ō, –kā`–), tropical tree (Theobroma cacao) of the family Sterculiaceae (sterculia family), native to South America, where it was first domesticated and was highly prized by the Aztecs. beans expertly blended to highlight the strengths of each bean. "Our goal is simple," states co-founder John Scharffenberger. "We want to create the richest most flavorful chocolate by using artisan methods and sourcing the best cacao in the world." Scharffen Berger boasts a product line spanning from rich dark chocolate bars and hand-dipped fruits to cocoa powders and nibs. Each chocolate creation is made with all natural ingredients and the beans are carefully chosen by Scharffen Berger's tasting committee to ensure a rich, complex flavor. Chocolate Bars Scharffen Berger creates blends with up to nine different premium cacao beans to create well-balanced, flavorful chocolate. Using the best cacao beans and only as much sugar as is necessary to highlight the true cacao flavor, Scharffen Berger chocolate blends have high cacao percentages that showcase the intense and complex flavors present in the cacao. Scharffen Berger's tasting committee constantly samples new beans and adjusts beans blends to ensure a consistent flavor. As bean flavors can change from harvest to harvest Scharffen Berger's tasting experts take care to constantly monitor flavor changes among existing beans as well as identify excellent new beans on the market. The bar collection features a variety of cacao percentages including: 41% Cacao Milk Chocolate, 62% Cacao Semisweet sem·i·sweet adj. Having a small amount of sweetening: semisweet chocolate. Adj. 1. semisweet - having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness bittersweet Chocolate, 70% Cacao Bittersweet bittersweet, name for two unrelated plants, belonging to different families, both fall-fruiting woody vines sometimes cultivated for their decorative scarlet berries. Chocolate, 82% Cacao Extra Dark and 99% Cacao Unsweetened. Home Kitchen Products Scharffen Berger Natural Cocoa Powder is made from the same carefully selected cacao used to create bar chocolate. The non-alkalized cocoa powder retains its fruity flavors and infuses beverages and baked goods with an essence of cocoa. The Sweetened sweet·en v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens v.tr. 1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance. 2. To make more pleasant or agreeable. Cocoa Powder contains only natural cocoa powder and pure cane sugar cane sugar: see sucrose. . Just add milk to create delicious hot cocoa, mochas and chocolate milk. Spice up brownie batter and cookie dough with Scharffen Berger Cacao Nibs. These small pieces of roasted cacao beans have a range of fruity, earthy and spicy flavors that enhance desserts while adding a nutty crunch. They are perfect for tossing into salads and using in savory sauces. Scharffen Berger's premium home baking bars allow home cooks to achieve restaurant quality flavors within their own homes. Each box includes recipes that highlight the flavor of the particular chocolate. About Scharffen Berger(R) Chocolate Maker Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker Scharffen Berger Chocolate is Berkeley, California-based chocolate maker, founded in 1996 by champagne maker John Scharffenberger and physician Robert Steinberg. The company is a manufacturer of chocolate -- as opposed to the far more common chocolatiers, who make their was established in 1996 in San Francisco, Calif. Producing bean to bar premium chocolates, Scharffen Berger is one of the world's finest chocolate World's Finest Chocolate is a chocolate company based in Chicago, Illinois. They are one of only 9 companies in the United States that manufactures chocolate "from bean to bar". They also have a sales office located in Campbellford, Ontario, Canada. makers. All Scharffen Berger chocolate is composed of proprietary bean blends from up to nine different cacao-growing regions throughout the world. Manufactured in small batches in Berkeley, Calif., Scharffen Berger chocolate has received recognition throughout the U.S. Scharffen Berger products are sold in retailers nationwide as well as Scharffen Berger's own retail locations in San Francisco, Berkeley and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and their website www.scharffenberger.com. Scharffen Berger is part of the Artisan Confections Company, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of The Hershey Company. For more information please visit www.scharffenberger.com or call 1.800.930.4528. 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