Chocolate in Belgium - Today
Belgium chocolate is known for it's quality all over the world. Some companies like Neuhaus, Godiva and Léonidas sell their chocolate worldwide. Also some of the worlds best chocolatiers come from Belgium like Pierre Marcolini and Charlemagne Chocolatiers. Pierre Marcolini is one of the few chocolatiers who is a bean to bar manufacturer.
The typical Belgium chocolate products are the sweet sea fruits most times filled with nougat and coated with a mix of milk and white chocolate:
- Typische belgische Meeresfrüchte
The big chocolate manufacturer
With Callebaut, which belongs to Barry Callebaut one of the worlds largest chocolate manufacturer comes from Belgium. A second large company in Belgium is Belcolade (from the Puratos Group). If somewhere on this planet a chocolatier says, he uses "Belgium chocolate" you can be nearly sure it comes from Callebaut or Belcolade.
