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The Guittard chocolate company belongs to America and has an expertise in couverture chocolates manufactured using the age old French techniques and genuine way of making chocolates. The Guittard chocolate company has its main office based in Burlingame, California. The company is considered to be the oldest company in America. Many chefs consider the chocolate of this company of finest quality.

The chocolate is manufactured in the form of syrup, powders for pastries, blocks and moderately sized chips. These products are used by the people cooking at home, bakery chefs and customers who buy in bulk. Kellogg's and Baskin Robbins are regular customers of this company. The business has been carried on for the past four generations. Etienne Guittard started this company after he shifted his base from France(Lyon) while the California Gold Rush was on . Etienne learnt the art of chocolate making from his uncle in France and then started his own company. The company gives a lot of attention to developing a chocolate with the finest taste of intense flavor particularly.

The company has been known to make the best quality of chocolate in the vicinity of San Francisco Bay for more than hundred years now. The company offers a vintage collection of chocolates from different places yet made by the techniques of this company. They offer a mix or single bean varietal chocolates. The chocolates are named differently according to their places of origin and their ingredients. Some of the chocolates included in the collection are Quevedo(a chocolate from Ecuador), the Chucuri(a chocolate from northwest Columbia), Sur del Lago(a chocolate from the west part of Venezuela)and Ambanja(a chocolate from Madagascar). Chocolate chips were made by Guittard for the first time and launched in the market. They were popularly known chocolate sticks
. semisweet chocolate are available in the market in a number of variations like semisweet chocolate chips, green mint chips or butterscotch chips.

They also make cookie chips which come in multiple flavors for baking purposes. They are available in miniature form also and are used for scones and muffins to offer taste to them. The Guittard chips leave a much more creamy texture when added to a bakery product and also are very less sweet as compared to other chips available in the market. Guittard chocolate chips are available in the market made out of dark chocolate and milk chocolate. They are semisweet by nature as they are also used for bakery products (mainly for candies and cookies). These chips are circular in shape with a flat bottom and are shaped like a teardrop. Guittard chocolate chips are available for a particular price for a specific number of chips. For bulk orders the rates are definitely different with a lot of discounts and the delivery of chocolates is done free of cost at the doorstep of customers.