Friis-Holm is a
Danish
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high-quality
bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer founded by Mikkel Friis-Holm Ottosen and operating out of Herslev village in
Lejre Municipality
Lejre Municipality is a municipality in Region Zealand.
The current municipality was established on 1 January 2007 as a result of Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007, ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merging the ...
, Denmark.
History
Mikkel Friis-Holm Ottosen, the founder of Friis-Holm, has a background as a chef.
In 2000, he began importing
Scharffen Berger
Scharffen Berger is an American chocolate manufacturing company, which was a subsidiary of The Hershey Company after it had been acquired in 2005. Scharffen Berger was established as an independent Berkeley, California-based chocolate maker in 19 ...
chocolate to the Danish market. The company produced its first chocolate in 2007 after he had participated in a cocoa project in Nicaragua.
The chocolate was initially produced at
Bonnat's factory in France.
In 2015, Friis-Holm established its own production facility in the town
Hvalsø
Hvalsø is a town and a former municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in east Denmark. The former municipality covered an area of 72 km2, and had a total population of 7,856 (2005). ...
, and moved 2019 to better facilities in the village Herslev in
Lejre Municipality
Lejre Municipality is a municipality in Region Zealand.
The current municipality was established on 1 January 2007 as a result of Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007, ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merging the ...
, Denmark.
Products
Friis-Holm produces different types of chocolate bars, beans and nubs, including dark and white chocolates. The company sources parts of their chocolate from Nicaragua
and in 2015, reported paying a 10-20% higher price for their cocoa than comparable
Fairtrade
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products.
Awards
Friis-Holm received an Annual Award from the Danish Chocolate Society in 2012.
[ It has also won a number of awards at the International Chocolate Awards in London.]
References
External links
Official website
{{portal, Companies
Danish chocolate companies
Companies based in Lejre Municipality
Danish companies established in 2007
Food and drink companies established in 2007
Danish brands