Recently, Switzerland’s first fully organic cocoa processing plant celebrated its opening. Around 100 customers from the national and international chocolate and food industry attended the VIP celebration, while another 400 guests visited the factory during the opening party. Around 500 people took part in a guided tour of the new production facility and used the opportunity to taste organic cocoa mass, cocoa butter and cocoa powder produced here, as well as chocolate from Pronatec’s own brand Amarru.

The new organic cocoa factory near Schaffhausen by the Rhine Falls was set up in an existing hall over a period of two years. The new plant uses badge processing and thus guarantees strict organic and fair trade criteria. Thanks to the company’s unique direct-sourcing system, every product can be traced back to the cocoa-growing smallholder. Around 2 t/h of cocoa beans are processed – up to 14,000 t/a. The main customers for cocoa mass, cocoa butter and cocoa powder are various customers from the chocolate, food and cosmetics industries in Switzerland, Europe, North America and Japan.