Zotter Schokoladen Manufaktur

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zotter Schokoladen Manufaktur GmbH

Type	Privately held company
Industry	Chocolate production
Founded	1999
Founder	Josef Zotter
Headquarters	Riegersburg, Styria , Austria
Products	Chocolate
Revenue	€ 24 Million (2019)[1]
Number of employees	200 (2019)[1]
Website	www.zotter.at

Zotter Schokoladen Manufaktur is a manufacturer of organic and Fairtrade certified chocolates founded in 1999 by owner Josef Zotter. Its headquarters is in the small village of Bergl near Riegersburg, a municipality in the Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Annually, around 300 tonnes of cocoa beans and 150 tonnes of cocoa butter are turned into 600 tonnes of chocolate, served in the form of more than 400 varieties of chocolate, pralines, drinking chocolate and other types of chocolate.^[1]

Zotter is a bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer,^[2] carrying out the entire chocolate production process on site within the company: from roasting cocoa beans on rollers to grinding in the conche. Accordingly, Zotter is the only European company that produces chocolate from bean to bar using nothing but organic and fair trade quality.^[2]

According to the book "Chocolate - the reference standard. The Chocolate Tester 2015" Zotter ranks among the world's best chocolate producers. 550 brands from 70 countries and 4,000 products are tested by author Georg Bernardini, a confectioner himself and business consultant, for the 919-page book.^[3]

History[]

In 1987 Josef Zotter and his wife Ulrike opened the Zotter Konditorei confectionery in Graz, southern Austria. Zotter's creative and extraordinary creations like the “Hemp Bar” and the “Funny Cake” gathered international recognition. He expanded, opening three more branches.

Zotter began to produce chocolate in a back room of their confectionery in 1992. He created hand-scooped chocolate with layered centers and a new 70-gram bar without the customary cubic break-off shape. Amongst others the first range of flavors included pumpkin, marzipan and dried fruit.

Two years later art designer Andreas H. Gratze designed artful wrappings and created extraordinary names for the chocolate bars.

In 1996, Zotter went into administration and closed three branches.

In 1998, a new product range of drinking chocolates was introduced in the shape of hand-scooped chocolate bars.

After that Zotter decided to only produce chocolate and opened the Zotter Chocolate Manufactory in 1999. Demand for Zotter's chocolate increased and the factory was expanded.

In 2004, Zotter made the entire product range fair trade, cooperating with small farms and emphasizing the importance of quality. Two years later, the entire range was made organic.

The manufactory was converted into a bean-to-bar production house by Josef Zotter in 2007. He also launched the Chocolate Theatre where visitors can experience chocolate production from beginning to end. The first chocolate bar created at his bean-to-bar factory was a pure chocolate bar called Labooko.

In 2011, the Edible Zoo, an open air section of the Chocolate Theatre, was opened. It is an organic farm, where animals and plants are treated with affection and respect.

In 2015, Zotter ranked among the world's best 25 chocolate producers from 70 countries. In 2016 two gold, eight silver and five bronze medals were awarded to Zotter chocolates.^[1]

Philosophy[]

Zotter chocolates are known for quality, variety, creativity and sustainability. The chocolate factory produces 365 different chocolates with individual tastes. Because of its in-house, bean-to-bar chocolate production and the high quality of its ingredients, Josef Zotter now ranks among the best chocolatiers in the world.
There are many creative varieties like cheese chocolate, fish chocolate and wine chocolate. The unique designs of the chocolate wrappings created by Andreas H. Gratze emphasize the creativity of the products. All Zotter products are organic and fair-trade, in the belief that quality begins with the ingredients, so they work together with small farmers and invite them to the factory.^[4]

Brands and products[]

• Hand-scooped: chocolate bars filled with different ingredients
• Labooko: origin chocolates from different places in the world
• Mitzi Blue: a round chocolate with fanciful breaking patterns
• Customized Choco: individual chocolate with different shapes and flavors
• Nougsus Nougat: homemade nougat bar, such as peanut or cashew nougat
• Whole Nuts: pure chocolate with whole nuts, fruits and raisins mixed in
• Nashis-Mini: a chocolate variety of pure mini chocolates
• Nashido: thin mini chocolate bars with a creamy filling in ten different flavors
• Drinking Chocolate: different variations of drinking chocolates which can be melted in hot milk
• Balleros: dried fruit and roasted nut pieces rolled in chocolate
• Biofekt-Pralinies: filled and hand-decorated pralines
• BASiC Couverture and Light Bulbs: excellent for baking, mixing creams or mousses
• Sim Bim Cakes: organic and fair-trade cakes in a glass
• Coffee Mi(s)Chung: coffee beans from Mexican, Colombian and Indian cocoa farmers which are roasted in-house at the factory
• Pop Art Corn: fresh popcorn coated with chocolate
• CREMA Nougat: organic and fair trade nougat cream in a glass
• Globally: small chocolate balls
• Flic Flocs: chocolate flakes in eight varieties
• Nutting Hills: nougat bar with whole nuts inside
• ChocoShots: Zotter fillings in a syringe
• Lollytop: chocolate lolly pops which are available in different colors
• Stack of Leaves: very thin chocolate bars
• Nibs+CocoaBeans: cocoa beans for snacking^[5]

See also[]

• List of bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturers

References[]

External links[]

• Zotter Schokoladen Manufaktur Official Website

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