Cacao ORIGIN
03. September 2024The valuable raw material for our first-class couvertures grows in various regions around the equator. We describe exactly how cacao grows in the individual countries of origin and who we are in contact with locally on the new pages about the cacao origins.
Read moreInsight into the roots of Venezuelan cacao: a journey with Karl Schuler
05. April 2024We live responsibility from origin to enjoyment around the world. Here is Karl Schuler's travelogue about the roots of Venezuelan cacao in our Maracaibo couvertures.
Read moreHerbst 1924
23. January 2024Do you know what the first product Max Felchlin made was?
Hint: It was certainly not couverture, but...
Read moreFelchlin Grand Cru Couvertures – since 1999
01. January 2024This year we are going to be celebrating a special anniversary - 25 years of Felchlin Grand Cru Couvertures. This milestone inspires us to reminisce on our journey and to recount the story of how Felchlin Grand Cru's, and in addition the closely related Cacao Sélection Standards, came into being a quarter of a century ago.
Read moreExpanding our commitment to improved health care in the Cacao origin
09. October 2023Thanks to the initiative of our client Confiserie Sprüngli AG and through a strategic partnership with Elucid GmbH and the support of our local partners, we are able to extend our commitment to professional basic health care to Ecuador and Venezuela. Both projects contribute to improving the health and protecting against extreme poverty of our cacao farmers and their families.
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On a visit to our partner in Madagascar
12. June 2023During the middle of May, Mirko Schneckenburger, our Head of Marketing & Communications, was granted the opportunity to travel to Madagascar as part of our regular visits to our local partners. During his time there, he visited Philippe Mena, our long-standing partner on site and the founder of the company Sambirano SA, alongside the cacao farmers who cultivate our quality cacao in its natural state. See below for where he shares his impressions of the trip.
Read moreNew machines at Felchlin manufactory
17. May 2023For some time now, two new machines have been complementing our production building.
Read moreHeat recovery in the roasting process of our cocoa beans
16. March 2023With regard to the challenge of producing more sustainably without compromising quality - heat recovery in the roasting process of our cocoa beans
Read moreChange in Leadership at Max Felchlin AG, Schwyz
10. March 2023After more than 30 years of constancy at the helm of Max Felchlin AG, a generational change is about to take place: Christian Aschwanden, our CEO, is handing over the manage-ment of our company to younger hands.
Read moreFelchlin is a partner of the Galliker Green Logistics supporting association
21. February 2023Responsibility for reducing CO2 emissions goes above and beyond the production site
Read moreFelchlin invests in the future
16. January 2023Last Friday, the ground breaking ceremony for our new freight forwarding building took place in the presence of senior management, the architect, site manager and representatives of the municipality of Schwyz.
Read moreJourney to the origin - Ghana
14. November 2022On behalf of aroma, taste and health - Partner visit to Ghana
Read morePartners visit in Ibach
18. April 2022On behalf of aroma and taste – origin partners visit Felchlin in Switzerland
Read moreCacaobutter
28. March 2022On behalf of aroma and taste – series on the purchasing philosophy at Felchlin – Cacaobutter
Read moreVegan Products
11. March 2022Finest, vegan and organic certified confectionary masses from Felchlin Switzerland
Read moreCrystal sugar
07. March 2022On behalf of aroma and taste - series on the purchasing philosophy at Felchlin - crystal sugar
Read moreJourney to the origin - Bolivia
08. February 2022On behalf of aroma and taste – A Felchlin style business trip
Read moreMilk powder
07. February 2022On behalf of aroma and taste - series on the purchasing philosophy at Felchlin - Milk Powder
Read moreNew production line - Victorinox chocolate knives
20. January 2022Felchlin commissions a new OneShot moulding line and optimises the existing processes, creating the conditions for a possible expansion of the product portfolio
Read moreFelchlin Cacao Selection
13. January 2022With self-imposed guidelines Felchlin ensures the uniqueness and purity of each individual product. – Felchlin FAIR DIRECT CACAO and Felchlin CACAO SELECTION
Read more«SALAMA MATEZA» – HEALTHY MATEZA
17. December 2021The «Salama Mateza» project, launched by Max Felchlin AG, mTOMADY and Sambirano SA, will enable and finance access to health insurance for 880 smallholder farmers and their families in the Sambirano Valley region of Madagascar over the next decade.
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