Our philosophy
Our aim
We want to delight people all around the world with the best chocolate ever.
Plantagenschokolade is something pure and genuine. We guarantee the origin and pristine quality of our select natural ingredients and the utmost care in manufacturing.
Our way
We use only 100% fine flavoured cocoas for our chocolate.
Fine flavoured cocoa is the essential ingredient for our Plantagenschokolade. It only grows in a few regions in the world; accordingly it is rare and precious. Its taste and aroma is much better than that of the usual bulk cocoa. We are one of the few producers of chocolate who process pure and unblended fine flavoured cocoa, i.e. cocoa not blended with bulk cocoa.
We choose our fine flavoured cocoas directly on the plantation of origin. The cocoa farmers on the plantations are our partners and keep the quality standards set down in the Rausch cocoa manual.
We check the quality of the fine flavoured cocoa both in the region of origin and before processing in Europe.
Our mission
In all we do we strive to conserve nature, because we are convinced of our responsibility for the generations to come.
We are processing a precious natural product, fine flavoured cocoa. It will only turn out to be of high quality if it is grown and cultivated in a sound environment. We have learnt that any disturbance to its environment will have consequences on the taste of our chocolate. Therefore we help the cocoa farmers to treat the environment with respect.
What we learn in our work in the countries of origin we apply to our dealings with our environment in Europe as well. Be it economy of resources, emission reduction or management of waste disposal – every single action is reviewed again and again and continually improved.
Our responsibility
We are fair and honest with our business partners, because we believe that trust is the basis for good and successful business relations.
We have the best cocoa farmers of the world as our partners – in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Trinidad, Tobago and Venezuela. We encourage and help them so that they will be able on a long-term basis to plant the best cocoa trees and produce and deliver the best cocoa possible without having to worry about their social situation.
Our employees are important to us as well. We talk with each other on a daily basis and there is always something we can learn. This enables us to keep producing the world's finest chocolate.
In summer and in winter we use special air-conditioned vehicles to deliver our chocolate to our trade partners, so that they can continually offer superior quality chocolate to their customers. We help our trade partners by offering services and up-to-date information on our product line.
All in all, we strive to make people who enjoy chocolate enthusiastic about our Plantagenschokolade.
