Bean-to-bar is a business model in which a chocolate manufacturer controls the entire manufacturing process, from procuring cocoa beans through to creating the finished consumer chocolate product, rather than buying already-processed chocolate from another supplier.
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Origin YearSources describe the term emerging "around 2010" from the artisan and craft chocolate movement; no more precise year is established, and the underlying practice itself is described separately as starting in the 1970s and 1980s. Core MechanismBean-to-bar is a business model in which a chocolate manufacturer controls the entire manufacturing process from procuring cocoa beans to creating the end product of consumer chocolate. 1 Connections
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Bean-to-bar chocolate makers control the process from sourcing raw cacao beans through finished bar production themselves, a vertically controlled production model within the food and beverage industry.
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1. Wikipedia, Bean-to-Bar
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Bean-to-bar is a business model in which a chocolate manufacturer controls the entire manufacturing process from procuring cocoa beans to creating the end product of consumer chocolate.
Introduction to bean-to-bar section, term emergence
The term "bean-to-bar" emerged from the artisan and craft chocolate movement around 2010.
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