/canada · Cocoa Buyer’s Guide

Canada’s chocolate makers need reliable cocoa

Montreal chocolatiers, Ontario confectionery plants and craft makers from Vancouver to Halifax all depend on imported cocoa — Canada grows none. BV Cocoa Products ships bulk cocoa from Cameroon.

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Eleven cocoa words every buyer in Canada should know — each explained in one line, then told as a story.

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Cocoa

In plain wordsCocoa is the processed product of the cacao bean — fermented, dried, roasted and ground to make chocolate, cocoa powder and cocoa butter.

Canada grows no cocoa, so every chocolate bar, biscuit and mug of hot chocolate made here starts with imported beans.

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Cocoa beans

In plain wordsCocoa beans are the fermented, dried seeds of the cacao tree — the raw material of all chocolate.

Canadian bean-to-bar makers and grinders buy fermented, dried beans by the container. Cameroon beans add a dependable second origin.

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Cocoa powder

In plain wordsCocoa powder is the ground cocoa solids left after most of the cocoa butter has been pressed out.

Hot chocolate through long winters, baking mixes and dairy drinks — Canadian brands need consistent natural and Dutch-process powder.

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Cocoa nibs

In plain wordsCocoa nibs are small pieces of roasted cocoa bean with the shell removed.

Canadian health-food and granola brands use nibs for crunch and unsweetened cocoa flavour.

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Cocoa husk

In plain wordsCocoa husk is the thin outer skin around each cocoa bean, removed after roasting (the word is also used for the pod’s outer husk).

Cocoa husk is used as garden mulch and as a feed and fibre ingredient.

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Cocoa shell

In plain wordsCocoa shell is the papery shell separated from roasted beans during winnowing, sold as a by-product for mulch, feed, fuel, fiber and tea.

Cocoa shell mulch is popular with gardeners; shells are also used for feed and biomass.

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Cocoa butter

In plain wordsCocoa butter is the natural fat pressed from cocoa liquor; it is solid at room temperature and melts near body temperature.

Cocoa butter is essential for Canadian chocolate makers and natural skincare brands.

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Cocoa liquor

In plain wordsCocoa liquor is roasted cocoa nibs ground into a smooth, liquid paste — despite the name, it contains no alcohol.

Liquor is the base for Canada’s craft and industrial chocolate.

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Cocoa mass

In plain wordsCocoa mass is the same ground-nib paste as cocoa liquor, set into solid blocks; it is the base of all chocolate.

Cocoa mass blocks store and ship well for confectioners across Canada.

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Cocoa cake

In plain wordsCocoa cake is the hard, pressed disc of cocoa solids left after cocoa butter is extracted; it is milled into cocoa powder.

Pressed cocoa cake lets processors mill their own powder close to their customers.

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Cocoa plant

In plain wordsThe cocoa plant (Theobroma cacao) is a small tropical tree that grows its pods directly on its trunk and branches.

Cacao only grows near the equator — in the rainforests of Cameroon, far from Canada’s winters.

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Importing cocoa into Canada

In plain wordsFood imports into Canada are regulated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations.

Canadian buyers include chocolate and confectionery manufacturers, bakeries, dairy and beverage brands, and ingredient distributors.

  • Licence: most food importers need a Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence from the CFIA.
  • Requirements by product: check CFIA’s Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) for cocoa beans and each cocoa ingredient.
  • Labelling: retail-packed products need bilingual English and French labels; bulk ingredients follow trade labelling rules.
  • Ports: Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver.
  • Documents we supply: certificate of origin, phytosanitary certificate, Certificate of Analysis, packing list and bill of lading.

New to buying from Cameroon? Read our guide on how to import cocoa beans from Cameroon.

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