Guittard Chocolate Company

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We checked this business against our three rules. Here is the public proof we found:

• ✓ American owned

  Official Privacy Policy: "Guittard is a small, family-owned business." Official Our History: "a resiliency that only a 150-year-old family business can endure," with Gary running the company since 1989 and "the fifth generation joins the company." Official Newsroom describes Guittard as "the oldest continuously family-owned and operated chocolate-making business in the United States." No foreign parent.

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• ✓ Made in the USA

  Official Our History: Horace A. moved the company to Burlingame, California, in 1955, where the company continued making chocolate; later entries describe manufacturing expansions at the Fairfield, California facility, including a dedicated dairy-free production line and added moulding and refining capabilities. Official Our Company: "We've been making chocolate for five generations" and describes roasting, milling, blending, refining, and conching. Official Privacy Policy contact: Guittard Customer Service, 10 Guittard Road, Burlingame CA 94010; 1-800-HOT-CHOC / (800) 468-2462 and (650) 697-4427.

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• ✓ Designed in the USA

  Official Our Company: the company "combines American craftsmanship" with its own conching formulas "handed down over five generations," and Gary referenced Etienne Guittard's journals while developing the E.Guittard artisan line of single origins and blends.

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Last checked: November 10, 2026