- The raw materials are added to cocoa liquor depending on the recipe and quality for the Ritter Sport standard, the ingredients needed are cocoa butter, milk powder and sugar which are then mixed and heated at the same time.
- They get blended together into a smooth, fine and workable mass.
- Chocolate mass is similar in taste to the final chocolate product, but it still feels 'gritty' on the tongue.
- The mass still has to be much finer before the mixture is conveyed to the next step.