Talk:List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers

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To the major contributors to this list/article: I added the heading sentence to clarify what I thought the scope of this list should be. Since nobody has reverted it or commented here, you must agree. Since then I've noticed that there are several companies already listed which may not fit this definition. A couple examples are Joseph Schmidt Confections, Vosges, Whitman's, and Whetstone. While I'm not 100% certain the last two don't manufacture chocolate, their company websites make no claim that they do. In fact, Joseph Schmidt sells "Belgian chocolate bars" which very well could be Callebaut with raspberry, or whatever flavor added. I asked this question at a Vosges store and was told, no they don't manufacture chocolate. They buy bulk chocolate, blend and flavor it and mold it into bars. Finally, the question comes down to this, do you agree with the statement I added, and if so, should these (and others) be pruned from the list. Alternatively, there could be separate sections for chocolate producers and companies who make chocolates. Beakerboy 19:49, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd missed your change to the text at the top of the list. However, I do support the idea of splitting the list into chocolate manufacturers versus confectioners, and possiby giving the confectioners their own page. I initially created this list to keep the list in Chocolate from growing too long; if it's misleading, then it should be fixed. Argyriou (talk) 19:59, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting article in favor of categories

What is everyone's opinion of dropping this article in favor of a category called "bean to bar chocolate producer". This would help with the whole "wikipedia isn't a list of facts" thing and would probably help with people adding incorrect entries to this list.Beakerboy 11:20, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This page is just completely incorrect - probably 50% or more of the companies listed here don't actually make the chocolate - they buy the chocolate and at best make the bon-bons. They may not even make their own bars. I just think this list is useless and I think the whole page should be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.18.221 (talk) 20:48, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

URLs with dots at the end

This page was recently moved from List of chocolate manufacturers to List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers with "see talk page" in the edit summary.[1] But I can't see any discussion about a possible page move here, though there is some mention above about the distinction between confectioners who buy chocolate and make products with it, and those who actually make their own chocolate from cocoa beans.

While I'm not sure I agree with the move, my main problem is not with the "chocolate manufacturers" versus "bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers". My problem is with the dot at the end of the URL. I know from experience that if someone e-mails me an URL with a dot at the end, and I click on the link, my browser can't open the page. So, I propose moving this to List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers without the dot, if nobody objects. Stratford490 (talk) 12:39, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded; this was a typo! Go right ahead. Czyl (talk) 22:24, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done, while trying to fix redirects to the chocolate article. Graham87 03:07, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks, I meant to check back periodically, but forgot about it, and although I left the page on my watchlist, somehow I missed i when someone replied. Stratford490 (talk) 20:17, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Theo Chocolate

Is there a limit on production? Theo chocolate is a chocolate producer that turns cocoa beans into chocolate bars and candies. It is the 4th producer of chocolate. Some "chocolate producers" really just take bulk chocolate made from the beans by a large producer (I forgot the name) and make them into candies. Cadburry, according to my knowledge, does not process the beans into chocolate. -- Azemocram (talk) 08:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

change title of this wiki entry

ok, i'm pretty new working with wikipedia, but the title of this entry definitely is making an incorrect statement to what companies are listed. It needs a quick fix either by simply changing the title of the entry as an honest quick fix (leave out the bean-to-bar), either by goign the hard way and start defining a) what is a bean-to-bar maker and b) what is chocolate (in EN this word contains a vast spectrum including bonbons, pralines etc)

I didn't find the option to modify the title of this entry, anyone?