Hachez () is a chocolate manufacturing company based in

Bremen Bremen ( Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state cons ...

in northern Germany. It was founded in 1890 by Joseph Emile Hachez and Gustav Linde.

History

The company was founded by Joseph Emile Hachez and business partner Gustav Linde in 1890. The Westerstrasse headquarters was located in the centre of Bremen. In 1923, Hachez was walking and took notice of the autumn leaves. It inspired him to recreate the chocolate to look similar to the leaves he had seen earlier. In 2012, Hachez was acquired by Danish company

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Production

The cocoa that is used comes from the world's leading growing regions, but it mainly comes from South America. The flavor is extracted by using the hot-air currents that are in traditional roasting drums. When the cocoa is ground and rolled, it is an average diameter of 0.0010 to 0.0014 mm. The

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of the cocoa then takes place for up to 72 hours. The confectioners then handcraft the various sweets that are produced. Altogether, it takes over 100 hours to produce and complete the finished product.

Distribution

Hachez has distribution partners in the following countries: *India *Austria *China *Czech Republic *Denmark *Estonia *Hong Kong *Japan *Korea *Netherlands *Norway *Poland *Russia *South Africa *Spain *United Kingdom *United States of America

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* {{in lang, en Companies based in Bremen German chocolate companies German brands Manufacturing companies based in Bremen (state) Food and drink companies established in 1890 1890 establishments in Germany