Single Chocolate Block
Single Chocolate Block is a single-origin chocolate block made from cocoa beans of a single country, region, estate, or farm cooperative.
The defining feature is traceability and flavour specificity: the block expresses the sensory character of one origin, untouched by blending with beans from other regions. It comes as a melt-ready 1 to 5 kilogram block for chocolatiers, pastry chefs, and craft chocolate makers.
We source bulk Single Chocolate Block from top China manufacturers for our partners. The manufacturer is in Jiangsu. A smaller requirement can ship in a combined container with other ingredients.
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- Packaging
- 25 kg kraft paper bag with PE inner liner
- ISO 9001
- HACCP
- Halal
- Kosher
Specifications
Grades / Types Available: Excellent
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Appearance | Smooth uniform chocolate block |
| Cocoa Solids | 55-75% (dark) |
| Cocoa Butter | 30-40% |
| Fineness | ≤ 25 μm |
| Moisture | ≤ 1.0% |
| Shelf Life | 12-18 months |
| Storage | 15-20°C, RH ≤ 60% |
| Total Solid content | 35% |
| Non-fat cocoa solids | ≥12% |
| Milk fat | ≥2.5% |
| Total Milk Solid | ≥14% |
| Fineness/um | ≤35% |
Common Markets Grades
Single chocolate blocks are graded by origin, cocoa percentage, and chocolate type.
Common origin tiers include single country (Ecuador, Madagascar, Vietnam, Ghana, Peru), single region (Chuao in Venezuela, Sambirano in Madagascar), and single estate or cooperative lots with farm-level traceability.
Cocoa percentage typically runs 65 to 80 percent for dark single-origin blocks, where the higher cocoa share lets the origin character speak through. Milk single-origin blocks run 38 to 50 percent and pair lighter dairy notes with the source bean profile.
White single-origin is rare but exists where the cocoa butter itself is single-origin-sourced for flavour-led applications.
Each block carries a sensory profile: fruit-forward (Madagascar, Ecuador Arriba), nutty and earthy (Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire), spice and tobacco (Venezuela Criollo), or honey and caramel (Dominican Republic Hispaniola).
Applications
- Premium chocolate bars sold under origin branding for retail and gifting
- Pastry and dessert work in fine-dining and patisserie settings
- Chocolatier production of bonbons, ganaches, and pralines where origin character drives the flavour brief
- Tasting flights and chocolate education programs for sommelier and culinary training
- Specialty cafe drinking-chocolate menus featuring origin selection
- Single-origin ice cream and gelato lines
- Pairing menus matching origin chocolate to wine, spirits, coffee, or cheese
- Restaurant petit-four programs and chef tasting menus
- Limited-edition holiday and seasonal chocolate products
- Craft chocolate maker reblending or finishing work with origin-defined base material
Brands Using Single Chocolate Block
Widely-distributed consumer products that list Single Chocolate Block on the ingredient label.
- Dandelion ChocolateCamino Verde, Ecuador 100% Single-Origin Chocolate Bar ↗Single-origin bar made with 100% cocoa beans from Camino Verde Cacao in Duran, Ecuador; 'no added cocoa butter, lecithin, or vanilla.'Label verified 2026-05-24
- MarouTien Giang 70% Single Origin Bar ↗Listed: 'Cacao nibs (62%), cane sugar (30%), cacao butter (8%).' Single origin Trinitario cacao from Cho Gao co-op, Mekong Delta, Vietnam.Label verified 2026-05-24
- MarouBa Ria 76% Single Origin Bar ↗Listed: 'Cacao nibs (72%), cane sugar (24%), cacao butter (4%).' Single-origin Vietnamese cacao bar.Label verified 2026-05-24
- Beyond GoodPure Dark 80% Single Origin Madagascar Chocolate ↗Single-origin chocolate bar made with heirloom Madagascar cocoa sourced from 100% traceable Direct Trade farmers.Label verified 2026-05-24
Brand names, product names and logos are the property of their owners. They appear here as published evidence that the ingredient is used, taken from the brand's own label or website. Their appearance is not an endorsement, and it does not mean the brand buys from us or from any manufacturer listed on this site.
China Manufacturers of Single Chocolate Block
Top Single Chocolate Block manufacturers in China.
Company names and logos are the property of the manufacturers themselves. They are listed here because our own directory records them as producing this ingredient. A listing is not an endorsement by them, and we do not represent them or speak on their behalf.
How We Help Source Single Chocolate Block
Direct Factory Sourcing
We run the whole process: selecting the manufacturer from the top Chinese food ingredient producers, negotiating the price, verifying quality, and coordinating the logistics. You deal with us instead of with several factories at once.
Original Packaging and Documents from the Manufacturer
The manufacturer sends your Single Chocolate Block out of its own factory in the original packing, through to your destination port. The COA, COO, MSDS, TDS and any certifications reach you from the manufacturer as well.
Free Samples and Lead Time
We send 100 to 500 g free for your own laboratory to test and you cover only the courier, usually within 2 to 3 working days. ETD is usually within 7 to 15 days once the order is confirmed, and we check that date against the factory's own manufacturing schedule before we give it to you.
Combined Shipment
We can load Single Chocolate Block together with other ingredients such as Instant Coffee, Instant Tea and Tea Concentrate into one 20' FCL. If your quantity is small, we can also ship LCL.
Regulatory Status
Single-origin chocolate is governed by the same regulations as conventional chocolate in each market.
EU Directive 2000/36/EC sets minimum cocoa solids and cocoa butter content, with origin labelling permitted when the entire cocoa share of the recipe comes from the named country, region, or plantation.
U.S. FDA standards under 21 CFR 163 apply to compositional definitions. Origin claims fall under general truth-in-labelling rules and require documentary support.
Codex CXS 87-1981 covers the international product standard. The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), in force from 2025, requires geolocation traceability for cocoa entering the EU market and is generally easier to satisfy with single-origin material.
Single-origin lots frequently carry organic (EU, USDA NOP), Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, or direct-trade certifications. Halal and Kosher approvals exist depending on the manufacturer's plant credentials.
Manufacturing Process
Production begins with the sourcing relationship. The chocolate maker contracts directly or through a specialty importer for a defined volume of beans from one origin, often a single farm cooperative or estate.
Beans arrive with fermentation logs, cut-test results, and sometimes a sensory dossier. They are cleaned, debacterized, winnowed, and roasted on a profile developed for that specific origin to bring out its native flavour compounds.
Roasted nibs are ground to cocoa mass, then combined with sugar (and milk powder for milk variants), refined to below 25 microns, and conched for 24 to 72 hours.
Conching is generally lighter and shorter than for industrial blend chocolate, since the goal is to preserve the volatile fruit, floral, and spice notes that define the origin.
Tempered chocolate is cast into 1, 2.5, or 5 kilogram block moulds, cooled, demolded, and wrapped in food-grade film. Each block carries lot codes traceable to the specific bean shipment and processing date.
