EASTER and SPRING 2019 100% ORGANIC + FAIR + BEAN-TO-BAR
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EASTER and SPRING 2019 100% ORGANIC + FAIR + BEAN-TO-BAR We follow the 10 principles of fair trade according to WFTO (World Fair Trade Organization). For more on this, go to www.zotter.at/fair-trade and www.wfto.com 100% BEAN-TO-BAR: z o t t e r chocolates are produced starting from the bean in our bean-to-bar chocolate factory. All the ingredients for the chocolate come from ORGANIC cultivation. The number of the organic board of control serves as identifying information. ORGANIC control number: AT-BIO-402 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. You can find our environmental declaration in German online at www.zotter.at ORGANIC PLASTIC If possible, we try to use organic plastic as much as possible: it is derived from renewable materials, is biodegradable and even compostable according to European Standard 13432. DESIGN Designed by Andreas H. Gratze We use certified paper without glossy coating and environmentally friendly colours for the packaging. ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN We use lecithin exclusively from controlled organic cultivation. Organic soy lecithin is guaranteed free from genetic engineering and protects the environment because no rainforests are cleared for its cultivation. In some cases we also use sunflower lecithin. STORAGE ADVICE We do not use any artificial stabilizers or preservatives. For this reason, our goods are more temperature sensitive than other high-quality chocolate products. Ideally you should store z o t t e r chocolates in a cool and dry place where the temperature is between 16 °C and 18 °C. You should not put the chocolates into a fridge. This way they would lose their substance because the humidity would let the sugar crystallise. If the temperature is too high, though, it will result in the emission of cocoa butter which will settle as a white film on the surface of the chocolate. The loss of the cocoa butter will dry out the chocolate – hence, the flavour of the chocolate will suffer. 2 JULIA AND JOSEF ZOTTER’S EASTER AND SPRING COLLECTION In a collaboration with my daughter Julia, we’ve developed five new, hand-scooped Easter chocolates. Many of our Easter chocolates are now entirely free of alcohol and therefore ideal for children’s palates. There is a wide range of vegan chocolates like the new “Bunny Grass” with trendy hemp seeds, which we’ve turned into a delicious vegan nougat. All of our gift sets as well as several chocolates have brand-new flavours like “Cheeky Bunnies” with nougat and cookies and “Easter Bunnies Everywhere” with strawberry mousse in white chocolate, a hit for snackers big and small. Our “Nut Delight”, part of our “Easter Taste Parade”, was named favourite product and achieved the top spot at Schrot & Korn’s nut chocolate tasting (Germany‘s leading organic magazine). More on this in Schrot & Korn’s February edition. “Hot Chicken”, the hottest Easter chocolate of all time, is decorated with colourful eggs and is now edible until 14 months from production date. There are many brightly decorated Easter bunnies, Easter eggs and finally a real Easter nest, stuffed with hay and many Easter surprises. For Mother’s and Father’s Day, we are offering several stunning gift ideas, organic bonbon boxes, brightly decorated hearts, flowers and cars as well as “For the Most Amazing Mom Ever!” with an almond and rose centre and the intense whisky chocolate “For the Best Dad in the World!”, both with a new design. You will also find many fruity chocolate bars, getting you into a spring mood. This year, we weren’t honoured for our chocolate at the ALC (Austria’s Leading Companies) awards, but instead received the “Special Award for the Corporate Integration of People with Disabilities”. An award from Wishing you all the heart for teamwork and solidarity. the sweet things in life 3 A party for Julia at the Cacao de Aroma cooperative. Knee-deep in the mud, on boats and enduring a dicey 8-hour drive through the Apurimac valley, the biggest drug growing region in Peru, with three police officers in the back for protection – why would anyone BACK TO do this to themselves? But Julia Zotter really wanted to see how our cocoa growers live and thought it was absolutely essential to cultivate personal relationships with them. Once the cocoa farmers meet their buyers, can put a face to the name and realise that we very much BASICS appreciate their work, they will be extra diligent, which subsequently leads us to have a much easier time in quality control. We want to strengthen our brand from over here but also on the side Julia Zotter travelled around Peru for of the supplier. There were frequent parties thrown for Julia when she was there, and the farmers were all invited as well and were able to 5 weeks in order to visit our cocoa sample different chocolates during the tasting sessions Julia scheduled. suppliers. From the highlands to the For the growers, this was incredibly interesting, as they were able to taste subtle differences in flavour – a basic understanding of what they borders of the Amazon rain forest, contribute, which is proving to be essential for them and for us. Julia found traditional, ancient cocoa All cocoa varieties are completely different according to their harvest regions. In the north for example, Criollo Porcelana, the most expensive varieties and lots of innovative ideas. cocoa in the world, grows in the middle of a dry forest. The cocoa bean trees are very old but yield huge harvests. Attempts to grow the com- mercial CCN-51 bean here failed every time – the climate is simply too dry for the sensitive clone. This proved to be fortunate, as the Criollo bean, as rare as it is, grows here very happily. The fruit contains 40% pure white beans, sometimes even 50%. We are trying to increase the white bean ratio to 60% through additional manual selection. Several different cocoa varieties also grow in Tingo Maria, where we buy our Alto Huallaga cocoa. The cooperative we work with there is led by scientists. This project is a beacon in our program – it’s a co- operative working very similar to us, with a focus on innovation and science. In Malingas, a brand-new cooperative has been created, developing their very own variety: a brown, ancient cocoa, clearly closely related to Ecuador’s Arriba cocoa, but milder. The rarest of beans. There is a lot of cocoa now being cultivated in former drug growing regions as an alternative and legal source of income for the local farm- ers – “Cocoa not Cocaine” is a project we support and sponsor. Julia also visited our social project “Chocolate for School” in Cajamar- ca. There used to be gold mines in the region, but now what was once the richest town in Peru has become the poorest and its inhabitants barely scrape by. One family has to produce around 1000 bricks per day in order to have anywhere near enough to eat. Many children help with the work in order for the family to survive. The project “Chocolate Peru offers a wide range of very different cocoa varieties. for School” enables those children to go to school. 4 One strong cocoa farmer in Alto Huallaga, taking a stand for women’s rights. Some of our cocoa farmers are in very remote areas only reachable by boat. Coca as well as organic cocoa is grown in What a fruit! In Alto Huallaga, scientists The fine flavour one: Piura Porcelana the idyllic Apurimac valley. cultivate many cocoa bean varieties. contains 40% white cocoa beans. Sensory testing: the Alto Huallaga cooperative Cocoa quality is increased by additional “Chocolate for School“ enables Peruvian is very much focused on science. manual selection. children to attend school. 5 EASTER P. 7 HAND-SCOOPED CHOCOLATES P. 8 CON HAND-SCOOPED EASTER MINIS & NASHIS P. 14 LABOOKO P. 15 TENT MITZI BLUE P. 18 CLASSIC P. 21 MI-XING BUNNIES & EGGS P. 22 NASHIDO P. 28 GIFT SETS P. 29 ENDORPHINS CHOCOLATE BALLS P. 36 COLOURFUL EASTER BASKET + EGG PAD P. 38 LOLLIPOP, SIM BIM CAKES + MORE P. 40 MOTHER‘S DAY + FATHER‘S DAY P. 4 6 LABOOKO P. 47 MI-XING HEARTS, FLOWERS, CARS P. 48 HAND-SCOOPED CHOCOLATES P. 50 SIM BIM CAKE P. 52 BIOFEKT CHOCOLATE BOXES P. 52 GIFT SETS P. 56 MITZI BLUE P. 58 SPRING P. 59 HAND-SCOOPED CHOCOLATES P. 60 MITZI BLUE P. 62 GIFT SETS P. 64 DRINKING CHOCOLATE ON ICE P. 65 SMALL CHOCOLATE SNACKS P. 6 6 BASIC LIGHT BULBS FOR BAKING AND DESSERTS P. 66 6 Easter Magic from Egg Liqueur to Strawberry Bonbons and chocolate bars bring out the Easter Bunny in all of us with their seasonal fillings and bright colours, derived purely from their natural fruit content. 7 Hand-scooped Chocolates 70 g bar Shelf life: 5 months from production date NEW STRAWBERRY BUNNY ART. NO. 16491 Strawberry Yoghurt Cream Pink Easter dream: with a fruity, pink centre made from strawberries and an airy yoghurt couverture, that stunning colour and very berry flavour derived entirely from fruit. It’s enveloped in a white yoghurt couverture with a milky and pleasantly tangy, happy flavour. 8 DEAR EASTER BEAR ART. NO. 16493 NEW Chocolate Bee with Honey Crisps The Easter bear loves honey just like little kids do.