Our chocolates are not the conventional type of chocolate that is mass-produced. Our chocolate is made from the purest and finest ingredients. They are handmade in a small family run factory just outside Zurich, Switzerland.
Teuscher chooses to use the finest ingredients, such as Dom Perignon Champagne for their Champagne Truffles. The chocolate that is used in their products is 100% fair trade.
Our chocolates contain no preservatives, additives or chemical colouring. Teuscher uses spinach leaves and beet roots to colour the marzipan.
Due to the lack of preservatives, our cased chocolates do have a shelf life of about 2-8 weeks (depending on the praline or chocolate), so make sure to enjoy them as soon as possible, to ensure freshness! Not that it would be a difficult task.
Key Terms:
Truffles: A truffle is a chocolate that has a creamy ganache centre. It is made from fine chocolate along with cream or butter.
Gianduja: the Italian word 'Gianduja' refers to a fine praline filling in which milk, white or dark chocolate is ground with confectioner's sugar and hazelnuts (or almonds or walnuts). The Teuscher Gianduja is ground in a triple mill machine without adding any oil or fat.
Marzipan: A mixture of sugar and almonds.
Praline: Praline filling is quite similar to the Gianduja group (sugar, nuts and chocolate); however, the difference lies in the process of production.
Fructose Chocolate: Chocolate using the natural fruit sweetener, fructose, instead of sugar. May be enjoed by people who have diabetes. There is a section on the website designated to fructose chocolate.