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The more recently established Cinagra, has been making chocolate at their [[Antananarivo]] based factory since 2006, also using single origin cocoa plantations in the Sambirano region. In 2009 their 63% cocoa based Tsar bar won first price at the prestigious [http://www.salon-du-chocolat.com Salon de Chocolat Paris] in France and since 2008, they are producing chocolate for [[Madecasse]], a brand which is exported and sold primarily within US and Canada.

A third, small but nonetheless appreciated Madagascar chocolate maker is [[Chocolaterie Colbert]]. Although they do not run their own farms or buy and process cocoa directly from farmers and can therefore not be classified a bean-to-bar producer, their recipes are their own and since they buy the raw ingredients from both Chocolaterie Robert and Cinagra, their final products are of single Malagasy origin. Colbert's highly priced range of handmade pralines and chocolate bars can be found only at [[Pâtisserie Colbert]] in Antananarivo. Their chocolates which are handmade by a small team of talented chocolatiers and always sold fresh at the counter, make ideal presents for special occasions.<br clear="all">

Madagascar is not an industrialised farming nation by any measure, and thus it's cocoa remains relatively short in supply. Perhaps this explains why Madagascar chocolates cannot easily be found in stores outside Madagascar. A tip for anyone visiting the large island: Buy and bring as much as you can back with you home of Robert's, Cinagra's and Colbert's bars and pralines, <!-- which your budget allow or suitcase will fit--> because you will not likely find as high quality chocolate at any similar prices anywhere else in the world!

For those who cannot buy chocolate in Madagasar, there are various brands sold and produced in factories outside Madagascar using Malagasy exported cocoa: