Micro-batch chocolate
Chocolate made in very small quantities, often from a single fermentation lot. Unregulated, and the constraint it describes is real.
A sourcing claim — this describes the supply chain, not the productdemanding
What it is
Micro-batch describes production at a scale where a batch may be a few dozen kilograms and a lot may be one fermentation from one farm. The claim is unregulated and unaudited like every other in this group.
What it does describe accurately is a set of constraints. Very small production makes winnowing inefficient, refining slow, and consistency between batches hard — the same lot handled twice can differ. Those constraints are why micro-batch chocolate is expensive and why it is more variable than industrial chocolate, in both directions.
- Category kind
- A sourcing claim — this describes the supply chain, not the product
- Legal status
- A marketing term with no legal definition and no audit behind it
- Also called
- small-batch chocolate, micro-lot chocolate
What the percentage means here
Unrelated to composition.
Related
Covered in
- Buying craft chocolateThe smallest end of the scale, and where variability is highest.
Sources
- ChocolateHQ editorial synthesis — ChocolateHQ(citation identity confirmed; passage not re-read)