Chocolate field glossary

Craft chocolate

A broad, contested term often used for smaller-scale, flavor-focused chocolate making.

Origin & trade · working definition

Use the word
with precision.

Why it matters: Use this term with a stated scope, date and evidence trail; market language does not establish an ethical outcome by itself.
Common confusion: The term “Craft chocolate” is useful only at the scope defined above; it should not be stretched into a general quality, health, origin or ethics claim.
Practical example: When you encounter “Craft chocolate” on a wrapper, process description or tasting note, ask what observation or record supports that exact use.