A BETTER BAR

ORGANIC

Ingredients for the chocolate come from organic cultivation, wherever possible. The number of the organic board of control serves as identifying information.

ORGANIC control number: AT-BIO-402

FAIR

Our entire business is Fair Trade verified. We are a member of WFTO – the World Fair Trade Organization, which is the umbrella organization for global fair trade. The WFTO monitors business compliance with the 10 principles of fair trade like transparency, respect for the environment, the payment of fair prices and no use of child labor among others.

We maintain direct contact with the cocoa cooperatives, pay quality bonus for cocoa, and support them so they prioritize quality and cultivating fine flavor cocoa varieties like Criollo, Trinitario, Chuncho, Nacional and Nativo. This enables the cooperatives to be completely independent from the global market and its focus on low-grade consumer cocoa. We travel to the cocoa growing regions often in order to meet our partners and in return, we invite them to visit us at our chocolate factory. Special, top quality products can only be created through great cooperations and personal, friendly relationships.

Fairly traded organic cocoa from small farm mixed crop cultivation is the basis of fine flavour and top quality products as well as protect human cultures.

GREEN

The  protection  of  the  environment  is  a  very  important  aspect  of  our  corporate  philosophy.  Our  environmental  protection  and  our  environmental  measures  are  ISO  14001  and  EMAS  certified.  EMAS-certified companies are recorded in a Europe-wide register and  are  regularly  checked  and  monitored  on  a  national  level  by  environmental experts approved by the environment department.

Around 90% of our packaging is biogenic and made from renewable raw materials. We use certified paper from sustainable sources and environmentally friendly colours for all our packaging. For the most part, we use bioplastics, which consists of renewable raw materials, is biodegradable and even
compostable, compliant with the EN 13432 standard.

"Chocolate can leave a very bitter aftertaste if you consider that cocoa growers work under severe conditions while others profit from the fruits of their labour. That’s why we support fair trade – not because we want to use a showcase product to raise our profile, but because we are convinced that it’s the right choice for our entire product range.“ - Josef Zotter