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| Industry | Chocolate |
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| Founded | Brooklyn, New York, October, 2007. |
Area served | United States; United Kingdom |
Key people | Rick and Michael Mast |
| Products | Chocolate bars, beverages, and confections. |
| Owner | Rick and Michael Mast |
Number of employees | 50 |
| Website | http://mastbrothers.com/ |
Mast is an American artisanal chocolate company headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.[1] The company was founded in 2007 by brothers Rick and Michael Mast[2] from Primghar, Iowa.[3][4] Mast Brothers, according to Vanity Fair, is "widely credited for introducing artisanal chocolate to mainstream American culture"[5] and has been instrumental in popularizing the bean-to-bar movement in America,.[6] However, Mast Brothers has also faced criticism and allegations that did not make their chocolate in the "bean-to-bar" style they claimed.[7]
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