What country is Lindt chocolate made in?

Master Swiss Chocolatier since 1845

There are few countries that know chocolate as well Switzerland – and within Switzerland, there are few chocolatiers that craft chocolate as well as Lindt.

Where is Lindt chocolate manufactured?

Headquartered in Stratham, New Hampshire, Lindt USA is located just minutes from the ocean and an hour north of Boston. Quality chocolate products by Lindt & Sprüngli are made right here in the United States at our Stratham, NH, campus, and at 12 locations across Europe.

Is Lindt chocolate made in China?

Today, quality chocolate products by Lindt & Sprüngli are manufactured at 11 of its own production facilities in Europe (Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France, Austria) and the USA.

What country made Lindt?

In a small confectionery shop on Marktgasse in Zurich's old town David Sprüngli and his son Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann produced the first solid bar of chocolate in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. It instantly became a success.

Who manufactures Lindt chocolate?

Russell Stover operates four chocolate factories in the US, in addition to a chain of 35 specialty retail outlets. The company employs approximately 2,700 people. Shares of Lindt's parent company, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, are up nearly 3% on the news and over 15% so far this year.

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Is Lindt German or Swiss?

Despite its global growth, Lindt & Sprüngli remains Swiss in its roots – in fact, the Swiss remain the biggest champions with each citizen consuming on average one LINDOR truffle a day.

Is Lindt chocolate made in the UK?

Where is Lindt chocolate made? In total, Lindt has 12 factories across the world where they make their chocolates. 10 of those are located in Europe, or more precisely: Induno Olona, Italy; Aachen, Germany; Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France; Kilchberg, Switzerland; Gloggnitz, Austria.

Is all Lindt made in Switzerland?

Factories. Lindt & Sprüngli has 12 factories: Kilchberg, Switzerland; Aachen, Germany; Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France; Induno Olona, Italy; Gloggnitz, Austria; and Stratham, New Hampshire, in the United States.

Is Lindt made in Australia?

Lindt currently operates a production facility in Australia to serve its retail outlets, but products for the wholesale market are imported from Switzerland.

What chocolate is made in Germany?

Who owns Lindt?

The Sprüngli companies, chocolate factory and confectionery shops are devided up among his two sons: The younger, David Robert, becomes the owner of the patisseries on Marktgasse and Paradeplatz, while the older brother, Johann Rudolf Sprüngli-Schifferli, receives the chocolate factory in Horgen from his father.

Is Lindt made in South Africa?

One of the finest and most respected chocolatiers in South Africa, Dimo Simatos is the Head of Master Chocolatiers Lindt Chocolate Studio & Boutique in South Africa, helping to set up Lindt's Chocolate Studio in Cape Town.

Where does Lindt get their ingredients from?

It is mainly farmed in Latin America and the Caribbean. Lindt & Sprüngli uses fine flavor cocoa beans (Criollo and Trinitario) from Ecuador, Madagascar, Dominican Republic and Papua New Guinea. Our own sustainability program, the Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program, is in place in all countries we source cocoa beans from.

Are Lindor and Lindt the same company?

In 1984, Lindt diversified the LINDOR truffle range to include LINDOR Dark – a decadent dark chocolate truffle with a bittersweet creamy filling.

What country makes the best chocolate?

What is the most popular chocolate in Switzerland?

Toblerone

Toblerone is one of the most famous Swiss chocolates in the world. Theodor Tobler could hardly have dreamed of this when he invented the Toblerone in 1908 with his cousin Emil Baumann.

What chocolate is Australian owned?

What are the best Australian chocolate brands? Some of the best small-batch chocolate brands in Australia are the following: Haigh's, Metiisto, Monsieur Truffe, Ms Peacock, Kennedy and Wilson, Zokoko, and Bahen & Co.

Does Lindt use palm oil?

All our production facilities in Europe (Lindt, Caffarel, Hofbauer and Küfferle) only use palm oil that complies with the RSPO segregation model for fillings that contain palm oil. Our local production locations for Lindt and Ghirardelli in the USA use palm oil according to the segregated standard.

Is Cadbury Australian?

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We're celebrating a century of making Cadbury in Australia and bringing people together. Using locally sourced milk from our dairy farmers, we started making chocolate in Claremont, Tasmania 100 years ago, and we're proud to see how far Australia has come.

Where do Lindt get their cocoa beans from?

Lindt's farming program​

Lindt launched its Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program in 2008 in Ghana. It expanded the program to Ecuador in 2014 (3,000 farmers) and to Madagascar in 2015. It says it has trained 56,000 farmers under the initiative, which is implemented by non-profit organization Source Trust.

Where is Cadbury chocolate made?

Cadbury operates three Australian factories; two in Melbourne, Victoria (Ringwood and Scoresby), and one in Hobart, Tasmania (Claremont). Cadbury also operates a milk-processing plant in Cooee, Tasmania.

Is there Lindt chocolate in America?

Lindt has more than 37 stores nationwide. Discover the Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program.

Where is Toblerone made?

Established in 1908 in the Tobler family factory, the instantly-recognisable triangular chocolate is produced exclusively in Bern, the Alpine nation's capital.

Is Lindt chocolate made in Switzerland kosher?

LINDT CHOCOLATE IS NOT KOSHER

As far as we know Lindt chocolate made in Switzerland is not kosher certified by anybody that we would rely on.

What does Lindor mean?

The surname Lindor was given to someone who lived beside a grove of lime trees. The family name Lindor is derived from the German word linde, which means lime tree. The original bearer was named for his proximity to a hill crowned by lime trees.