From bean to bar to you
Discover the origin of our cacao and how our chocolate is created
We believe in sourcing the finest ingredients and working directly with cocoa farmers to ensure the highest quality but also fair conditions. Since we know our farmers and are responsible for the whole production from bean to chocolate we can ensure not only finest ingredients, but also a careful processing and creation of truly fresh Swiss chocolate. Read below to discover where our cacao is from and how we turn cacao beans into finest Swiss couverture and chocolate creations.

Step 1
Sourcing the finest cacao
Anyone looking to make the best chocolate first has to look for the best cocoa. And this can be found by travelling to the cocoa farm where it is produced. Läderach meets farmers and their families on a regular basis. They live in Trinidad, Ecuador, Brazil, Madagascar, Ghana and they share our passion: Making some of the world`s best chocolate.


Step 2
Processing Cacao
Before cocoa beans arrive at our manufactury in Switzerland, our farmers need to follow several crucial steps to ensure high-quality cacao. Read below what happens once it is harvested.
Step 3
Making chocolate
When the cacao beans arrive at our manufactury, the magic of creating the "couverture", a high-quality chocolate, can begin.
Step 4
Creations
The sky`s the limit when it comes to our chocolatiers` creativity.
Read below how couverture is turned
into fine chocolate creations.

1. Tempering
Läderach chocolatiers carefully heat the chocolate and cool it down again. This process results in a nicely cracking, shiny chocolate. This is an unmistakable sign of high-quality chocolate.

2. Ingredients
Now the moment has come to add ingredients or create fillings. The caramelized Piemonte hazelnuts or marzipan, cream etc. are mixed to delicious, delighting fillings for pralinés or truffles.

3. Fill the truffles
Hollow chocolate shells (invented by Läderach) can be filled with truffle cream or other delicious options. As a finishing touch, they are dipped in chocolate again.

4. Chocolate figurines
These creations are decorated with extra details such as ribbons or hand-drawn features.