The world over, delicious chocolates are made on Buhler production lines. Renowned makers of chocolate products rely on Buhler, since we not only offer outstanding equipment and the required process expertise, but also extensive
services.
Buhler is a solid and competent partner in technology, development, project handling, consulting, and service in the cocoa and chocolate industry. Our services range from the development and manufacture of equipment and control systems to turnkey production installations.
We offer a seamless range of services from the raw cocoa beans to the finished molded chocolate articles with individualized, commercially optimized solutions for processing or making the
following products:
- Cocoa and nuts (cocoa powder production, cocoa mass production, nut processing)
- Chocolate (chocolate mass production, molding of chocolate articles)
- Specialty masses (filling masses, compounds, rework masses)

The process operations
A large number of process operations are needed to transform cocoa beans into finished molded chocolate articles. This requires appropriate plant and equipment as well as vast know-how. Buhler as the technology and market leader ensures high-quality process operations satisfying customers' individual needs.
The range of Buhler products and services covers all the aspects of cocoa and nut processing and of chocolate production:
- Cleaning and sorting / grading
-  Debacterization
-  Drying / roasting
-  Crushing and separation
-  Alkalinization
-  Grinding and pulverization
-  Melting
-  Mixing and refining
-  Liquefaction
-  Conching
-  Precrystallization / tempering
-  Molding
-  Materials handling
-  Automation