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Zotter Easter and Spring Catalogue 2024

You can find the entire Easter range in the latest catalogue, alongside sweet Mother’s and Father’s Day surprises, the fruity, innovative »Cheery & Nuts« products, »In • Fusion« delicacies as well as fruity chocolate recommendations for the upcoming summer season.

A BRIEF OVERVIEW

  • 13 hand-scooped Easter chocolates including the brand-new »Ostrich Eggnog« and vegan »Happy Bunny« flavours
  • 1 new, hand-scooped mini chocolate »For Sweet Bunnies«
  • new, vegan Labooko »Easter Bunny« in raspberry coconut and 50% oat drink, a convincing case for how exciting and colourful vegan choccy snacks can be
  • Lots of new Mi-Xing Easter bunnies and Easter eggs, individually created and decorated by hand
  • 2 new »Easter Eggs in a Box« featuring different praline eggs and delicious, boozy fillings
  • Many new designs, freshly curated gift sets, Easter nests and bonbon boxes will bring delicious joy to your Easter holidays
  • Chocolate ideas for Mother’s and Father’s Day with the all-new »For the Most Amazing Mum Ever!« chocolate bar with a raspberry and rose filling and »To Dad«, the all-new Biofekt-Pop bonbon box featuring a super cute animal design
  • For spring and summer, we can heartily recommend »Cheery & Nuts«, the innovative praline and fruit duo, »In • Fusion«, a combination of chocolate and fruit, as well as many other fruity chocolates from our standard range

Have a look inside the latest Easter and Spring Catalogue 2024 (PDF).

Zotter Easter and Spring Catalogue 2024

Zotter Valentine's Day Catalogue 2024

Chocolate, a sweet declaration of love. We've curated a seductive selection of filled chocolates with love messages, decorated chocolate hearts, rose petal chocolates and more, which will let your lovestruck heart beat a little faster.
 Chocolates are the most delicious declaration of love.

Have a look inside the new Valentine's Day catalogue 2024 (PDF).

Zotter Valentine´s Day catalogue 2024

Zotter Christmas Catalogue 2023

It’s that time of the year again at Zotter, and our new Christmas and seasonal collection is in – all of course ORGANIC + FAIR. We’ve come up with lots of sweet surprises and have created many new products and designs.

  • 9 heavenly Advent calendars – NEW: »Best of Advent calendar VEGAN«, a mixed Advent calendar filled with vegan chocolates and bonbons. The drinking chocolate Advent calendar is sporting a new design, and so is the Biofekt bonbon calendar in the shape of a huge Christmas tree, which will make the wait for Christmas that much sweeter
  • 13 hand-scooped Christmas chocolates: 3 new Christmas chocolates – 1 new »Elf´s Delight« – 4 vegan chocolates
  • 8 winter special chocolates such as »Mulled Wine« and »Gingerbread & Fruit«
  • Cheery & Nuts »Nut Cracker« in a new design
  • 2 Choco Lollies in a new, super cute design
  • All brand new hand-decorated Mixing bars, stars and hearts
  • 4 festive Labookos – 1 new »Sweet Christmas« bar
  • Many new sublime gift sets and much, much more

You will find all our indulgent chocolate miracles and delicious new products with themes ranging from Saint Nick’s to New Year’s in our latest Christmas catalogue.

zotter Christmas catalogue 2023

Chocolate Collection 2023-24

The new season rings in a celebration of variety & innovation & sustainability. A particular focus is on our hand-scooped chocolates, featuring 22 new flavours, 11 of them available with English-language packaging. We are also proud to present lots of new vegan chocolate innovations from hand-scooped Rum Coconut to Lemon & Almond to the latest vegan milk chocolates from the Labooko range, created using oat drinks instead of milk. Our third highlight is the Cheery & Nuts range, that tender-melting chocolate and praline duo with a crunch – unique in its creation.

NEWS & FOCUS

  • 11 new, hand-scooped chocolates: Candied Almonds, Lemon & Almond VEGAN, Olives + Lemon VEGAN, Red Roses + Raspberries, Rum Coconut VEGAN, Skyr • Rhubarb • Avocado, Strawberry Pistachio, Whisky + Caramel + Pecan, Happy Birthday – Strawberry Pistachio, For the Most Amazing Mum Ever! – Red Roses + Raspberries, Let’s Celebrate You! – Hazelnut Brittle VEGAN
  • 3 hand-scooped chocolates, also available with English-language packaging: Saffron and Pistachios, Congratulations – Thousand Layer Praline, Thank You – Marzipan + Almonds
  • This season’s main focus is on refreshing lemon & pure fruit layers.
  • Cheery & Nuts: new product range: the tender-melting chocolate & praline duo with a crunch. 6 flavours are now available with English-language packaging: Blackcurrant + Macadamia, Caramel + Peanut, Milk Chocolate + Nut • Grape, Raspberry + Almond, Strawberry + Cashew, White Chocolate + Berries 
  • There are also some new Labookos created with cacao from Haiti and Colombia, vegan oat drink Labookos, two white Labooko chocolates, one small Labooko Mini Thank You as a sweet giveaway as well as some Choco Lollies with super cute new illustrations.

Discover lots of new products as well as delicious classics in our latest catalogue (PDF).

Zotter catalogue 2023-24

Zotter Easter and Spring Catalogue 2023

In the attached catalogue, you will find the entire Easter range, some sweet surprises for Mother’s and Father’s Day, the new »Cheery & Nuts« range as well as the »In • Fusion« products and some fruity chocolate tips for the summer range.

A BRIEF OVERVIEW

  • 13 hand-scooped Easter chocolates including the new »Hot Chicken« and »Easter Toffee« flavours
  • 1 new Mitzi Blue »Funny Bunnies« with colourful and crispy chocolate fruit bits and a stunning design
  • Lots of new Mi-Xing Easter Bunnies and Easter Eggs, each created and decorated individually by hand
  • Many gift sets with filled chocolate Easter eggs, among them our latest fruit and praline innovation
  • All new designs and freshly curated gift sets to give these Easter holidays a boost
  • Chocolate ideas for Mother’s and Father’s Day
  • »In • Fusion«, the chocolate with a shot of fruit, »Cheery & Nuts«, the praline and fruit duo, as well as lots of other fruity chocolates from our standard range. We recommend all of this yumminess for the upcoming spring and summer.

Have a look inside the new Easter and Spring Catalogue 2023 (PDF).

Zotter Easter and Spring Catalogue 2023

Zotter Valentine's Day Catalogue 2023

Chocolate, a sweet declaration of love. We've curated a seductive selection of filled chocolates with love messages, decorated chocolate hearts, rose petal chocos and more, which will let your lovestruck heart beat a little faster.
 Chocolates are the most delicious declaration of love.

Have a look inside the new Valentine's Day catalogue 2023 (PDF).

Zotter Valentine#s Day catalogue 2023

Zotter Christmas Catalogue 2022

It’s that time of the year again at Zotter, and our new Christmas and seasonal collection is in – all of course ORGANIC + FAIR.

  • 8 heavenly Advent calendars – NEW: “Best Of Advent Calendar“
  • 14 Hand-scooped Christmas Chocolates
  • 4 festive Labookos
  • NEW: In • Fusion “A Christmas Dream“, Cheery & Nuts “Nut Cracker“, Mitzi Blue “From Your Christmas Elf“ and Balleros “Christmas Crunchies“
  • Our Mixing stars, hearts and bars are all new and available in 2 price categories: Standard and Deluxe
  • Many new sublime gift sets and much, much more

You will find all our indulgent chocolate miracles and delicious new products with themes ranging from Saint Nick’s to New Year’s in our latest Christmas catalogue.

Zotter Christmas catalogue 2022

Chocolate Collection 2022-23

30 years of hand-scooped chocolate: in 1992, we created the very first hand-scooped chocolates. And for this, we would like to celebrate the creation of the hand-scooped chocolate with all-new flavours and innovations like Poppy Seed & Cherry and Amalfi Lemon & Sage Marzipan. »Where it all started and where it’s going«: a conversation with the Zotter family, inventors of the hand-scooped chocolate, and art designer Andreas H. Gratze.

NEWS & FOCUS

  • 11 new, hand-scooped chocolates + 2 new gift chocolates: Amalfi Lemon & Sage Marzipan, Brown Butter Toffee, Eggnog, “Kulfi“ Pistachios, Almonds and Cardamom, Miso Caramel & Sesame, Muscaris Marzipan, PawPaw, Poppy Seed & Cherry, Sea Buckthorn & Quince, Sunflower & Golden Cherry, Vanilla + Crisps, For the Best Employee in the World!, A Warm Welcome.
  • 9 hand-scooped chocolates, also available with English-language wrappers: Blueberries & Lemon, Caramel “Fudge”, Chestnuts + Rum, Cognac + Coffee, Fig & Port, Orange Liqueur, Peanut Crunch “with Salt”, Plums & Rum, Praline + Cookies
  • Chocolate Banana – Chocolate for School: a new project in Madagascar whereby we finance school lunches for 770 children in cooperation with the »Jugend Eine Welt« charity.
  • 7 popular hand-scooped chocolate minis in a 20-gram format.
  • 5 hand-scooped chocolate minis with a statement, ideal as a gift: For Good Ones, For You, Lucky Charm, Stress Stopper, Thank You.
  • 2 dark Labookos, also available with English-language wrappers: 72% Opus 5 – a top cuvée with rare cacao varieties from five different countries. Limited Edition: only available for 1 year. 72% Panama – a single origin chocolate with a 72% cacao content.
  • Mitzi Blue – in a new design with a product preview image on the wrapper as well as a new Rainbow flavour.
  •  and much more

Have a look inside the new catalogue 2022-23 (PDF).

Zotter catalogue 2022-23

Zotter Easter & Spring Catalogue 2022

The Easter and spring collection is in – all of course ORGANIC + FAIR.

NEW PRODUCTS AT A GLANCE

  • 6 new, Hand-scooped Easter Chocolates with a stunning design. Our »Eggnog« flavour will be available all year round.
  • Hand-scooped Chocolate Mini »Happy Easter« with a new Butter Caramel flavour
  • New Easter chocolates: »Easter Choco with Date Sugar«, »From the Easter Bunny« and »Easter Delight in Cacao« with sour cherry flavour 
  • Easter Labookos in all new flavours
  • Labooko Mini »Easter Chocos«, 10 small bars ideal for your Easter nest
  • New Easter eggs, Easter bunnies and Easter minis from our Mixing range
  • A new praline egg flavour, new bonbons and new chocolate varieties as part of our gift sets
  • Chocolate ideas for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
  • Fruity chocolates from our standard range, ideal for spring and summer
  • New praline spread: the soft pink »Crema Almond & Fruit« with fruit and berries, available all year round
  • Cheery & Nuts – our new range: tender-melting duos created with pralines and colourful fruit couvertures
  • Praline bars – another new range, a sweet snack for nut fans big and small

You can find the entire Easter range, sweet surprises for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, our new product ranges »Cheery & Nuts« and »Praline Bars« as well as fruity chocolate suggestions for your summer selection in our latest catalogue.

Zotter Easter Spring catalogue 2022

Zotter Christmas Catalogue 2021

It’s that time of the year again at Zotter, and our new Christmas and seasonal collection is in – all of course ORGANIC + FAIR.

  • 7 heavenly Advent calendars – NEW: Advent Calendar for Kids and Labooko Advent Calendar
  • 13 Hand-scooped Christmas Chocolates
  • 5 festive Labookos NEW: Fruit Bar “Sweet Christmas Berries“, Choco with Nuts “Crispy Angel“ and Praliné “Christmas Praliné“
  • Many new Christmas stars and Christmas hearts, sublime gift sets and much, much more

You will find all our indulgent chocolate miracles and delicious new products with themes ranging from Saint Nick’s to New Year’s in our latest Christmas catalogue.

Zotter Christmas catalogue 2021

Chocolate Collection 2021-22

The new season is a celebration of fruit. We kick it off with 12 new Hand-scooped Chocolates, all with delicious fruity fillings. We have everything from Blackberries and Strawberries to our exceptional Date & Cashew, only sweetened with fruit. We also present lots of new vegan and sugar alternative varieties in our range: 2 new flavours from the sugar alternative Squaring the Circle range, one new sugar alternative Drinking Chocolate and all-new spreadable Crema for your morning toast. In addition, we’ve developed 6 new Balleros, all of course fruity and with a focus on flavour combinations, because people love a huge variety.

4 NEW CHOCO RANGES

In • Fusion: classic chocolates enhanced with fruity couvertures. Experience dark and milk chocolates with raspberry, orange, cherry and cranberry flavours. The new classics are a fruity indulgence!

Cheery & Nuts: the tender-melting praline-and-fruit duo with chopped nuts. Blueberry & Hazelnut Praline, Strawberry & Cashew Praline, Cranberry & Hemp Praline and many more.

Praline Bar: Almond Praline Bar, Hazelnut Praline Bar and Cashew Praline Bar. Featuring super cute animal designs, they are perfectly portioned little snacks for nut fans big and small.

Labooko Mini: the little Labookos – 10 different Labooko Mini flavours in one package including a virtual chocolate tasting with Julia Zotter, which you can watch any time using the QR-code printed on the packaging.

Have a look inside the new catalogue 2021-22 (PDF)

Zotter catalogue 2021-2022

Zotter Easter & Spring Catalogue 2021

The Easter and spring collection is in – all of course ORGANIC + FAIR.

NEW PRODUCT OVERVIEW

  • 1 new Hand-scooped »Egg-Cellence from Austria« for Austria fans with a sense of humour
  • Many new Easter egg gifts
  • New Easter chocolates: »Sweet Easter Berries«, »Easter Bliss« and »Crunchy Bunny«
  • New creamy spreads: »Easter Crema« and the pink »Spring Crema« with delicious berries and other fruit
  • New vegan Easter bunnies, Easter eggs and Easter minis from the Mixing range
  • »Happy Easter VEGAN«, the gift set with vegan bonbons and chocolates
  • Small chocolate bars for the Easter nest from the Nashis and Nashido ranges, now with 2 different flavours
  • All bonbon boxes and gift sets now contain all new and exciting flavours
  • Chocolate ideas for Mother’s and Father’s Day

You can find the entire Easter range including sweet Mother’s and Father’s Day surprises as well as fruity chocolate tips for the summer collection in our latest catalogue.

Zotter Easter Spring catalogue 2021

Zotter Valentine's Day Catalogue 2021

Chocolates are a sweet declaraction of love – all of course ORGANIC + FAIR.

  • Hand-scooped Chocolates
  • Pure Labookos decorated with flowers
  • Mi-Xing chocolate hearts, chocolate flowers and chocolate cars
  • Bonbon boxes featuring handmade organic bonbons

You can find gifts to warm your heart in our Valentine's Day catalogue.

Zotter Valentine's Day catalogue 2021

Zotter Christmas Catalogue 2020

It’s getting Christmassy at Zotter’s and our entire festive collection – all of course ORGANIC + FAIR – is available to order as of now.

  • 7 heavenly Advent calendars
  • 13 Hand-scooped Christmas Chocolates
  • 5 festive Labookos
  • New: “Christmas Miracle“, sweetened with coconut sugar from the “Squaring of the Circle” range
  • New: “Cinnamon Praline“ Crema, the festive praline spread for your breakfast rolls
  • Many new Christmas stars and Christmas hearts with decoration, the finest gift sets and much, much more.

You can find our magical chocolates and all our new products from St. Nicholas to New Year’s Eve in our latest seasonal catalogue.

Zotter Christmas Catalogue 2020

Chocolate Collection 2020-21

We open this season with 16 new, Hand-scooped Chocolates: 3 variations of tender-melting Choco Mousse, 3 new Wine flavours, some cheeky Cola & Popcorn and much more.

Moreover, our focus this season is nuts – a current culinary trend. There are nutty new highlights sprinkled all over our range: Hand-scooped Chocolates with Marzipan and Almonds, homemade Pine Nut Marzipan, Chestnut + Cranberry and the re-launched Whole Nuts range with whole nuts from classic hazelnut to delicious pecans. Our re-imagined, tender-melting Praliné feature almonds, hemp, pumpkin seeds and more, and in our sugar-substituting Squaring the Circle range, we have 2 new, wonderfully soft praline creations made with Cashew and Hazelnut. And that’s just the start.

In our Labooko range, we present the mythical Maya Cacao and eco-conscious flavours made with cacao grown and harvested in nature reserves, or – like our Belize cacao – shipped to us via an actual sailboat.

NEW CHOCOLATE RANGE • FRUIT BAR
Fruity, crunchy & all natural

Tender-melting fruit: colourful fruit couvertures enhanced with many little bits of fruit which give them a wonderfully crispy crunch. A huge, fruity flavour sensation made from purely natural ingredients, created – fruit-to-bar – by Zotter. Summer as a snack. Available in 9 flavours, 2 of which are entirely vegan.

Andreas H. Gratze, our art director, has been busy re-designing many of our chocolate wrappers. His popular illustrations full of creativity and humour have always been an absolute eye-catcher.

Have a look inside the new catalogue 2020-21 (PDF)

Zotter catalogue 2020-2021

Zotter Easter Spring Catalogue 2020

The new Easter collection has arrived. You can find our entire Easter range alongside sweet Mother’s and Father’s Day surprises in the latest catalogue.

NEW AND CHANGED PRODUCT OVERVIEW

  • 1 new hand-scooped Easter chocolate with XXL eggnog made from ostrich eggs, 1 new gift set with sweet, hand-scooped chocolate minis and a colourful bunny’s nest filled with bright chocolate eggs.
  • Flavour changes: Easter Bunnies Everywhere?, For Superbunny, My Easter Love, new flavours for hand-scooped Easter Minis, and Mitzi Blue Hot Chicken now without chilli.
  • New, brightly decorated filled Easter bunnies, Easter eggs and Easter minis from the Mixing range
  • All bonbon boxes and gift sets now with new and exciting flavours
  • Chocolate ideas for Mother’s and Father’s Day

You can find our magical chocolates and all our new products from Easter to Father's Day in our latest seasonal catalogue.

Zotter Easter catalogue 2020

Walter Scheel Medal 2019

Bonn, 9. November 2019, Villa Hammerschmidt

The 2019 Walter Scheel Medal has been awarded to Josef Zotter.

Jury award justification: »Josef ZOTTER – Zotter Chocolate Manufactory, Riegersburg – has been awarded the 13th annual Walter Scheel Medal to honour his exceptional contribution to the development of our great European chocolate culture. Josef Zotter is a true paragon of a business owner: innovative, determined and persistent and at the same time modest and down-to-earth. He is one of the world’s best chocolate producers and shows that competence and top artisanal product quality are not synonymous with an elitist approach and that fairness and sustainability can be much more than just marketing speak. With his highly innovative product range, his “bean to bar” processes and exclusively organic and fair trade produce, Josef Zotter impressively demonstrates how successful ethical business practices can become in the 21st century. His creations, meanwhile, keep scoring top marks in international competitions.«

Every year since 2014, in accordance with the European spirit of unity, connection and integration, the Walter Scheel Medal for lifestyle and gastronomy has been given out for outstanding services to European cuisine and gastronomy. The honourees are usually two individuals who have made exceptional contributions in these areas and to our cultural heritage. The award was created under the patronage of H.E. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, former President of the Republic of France.

Download press release (in German) + photos

The 2019 Walter Scheel Medal has been awarded to Josef Zotter

European Candy Kettle Award 2019

Josef Zotter is this year’s winner of the »European Candy Kettle Awards 2019«

The Candy Kettle Award is given for extraordinary quality, innovation and market performance.

Zotter among the Big Players
Since 1973, this award’s long and illustrious list of winners has featured the most important names in the European confectionary industry like Ferrero, Lindt & Sprüngli, Fazer, Katjes, Krupskaya, Valor, Colian and Valrhona. You can find a full list of winners as well as additional information on the award, club members and events at www.candykettleclub.eu

Josef Zotter is very happy about this industry award which echoes way beyond Austria’s borders: »It’s a particular honour to be nominated and chosen as a winner, and to receive this prestigious award from the hands of some very Big Players in the industry. This all has been made possible by having the best employees in the world as well as a wonderful family! I am humbled, moved and overjoyed to be counted among these prominent representatives.«

Download press release (in German) + photos

Josef Zotter with 2019 Candy Kettle Club AwardJosef Zotter with 2019 Candy Kettle Club Award 2

Zotter Christmas Catalogue 2019

It’s getting Christmassy at Zotter’s and our entire festive collection – all of course ORGANIC + FAIR – is available to order as of now.

  • 7 heavenly Advent calendars
  • 13 Hand-scooped Christmas Chocolates with all the latest designs and our brand-new Ho Ho Ho chocolate
  • 5 festive Labookos in an all-new design
  • Many new Christmas stars and Christmas hearts with decoration, the finest gift sets and much, much more.

You can find our magical chocolates and all our new products from Halloween to New Year’s Eve in our latest seasonal catalogue.

Zotter Christmas Catalogue 2019

Chocolate Collection 2019-20

We open this season with 18 new hand-scooped chocolates. Look out for classics like Salted Caramel, Amarena Cherry, Tiramisu and much more. Our daughter Julia has developed two vegan classics – Boozy Chocolate Mousse and White Brittle – as well as some experimental flavours like the new Seaweed Chocolate and the supremely delicious Whisky & Bacon, which even attracted the attention of British television. We are also excited to feature Yuzu, the latest trend ingredient, with a stunning flavour somewhere between tangerine and lemon.

And because Zotter chocolates make a very popular give-away, we have 6 new gift chocolates in our latest range: “All the Best“, “Sweet Greetings!“, “Sweet Break“, “Chocolate is Happiness“ and two chocolates that can be personalised: “For … from…“, easy to inscribe and perfect for any occasion, as well as an “Emoji Choco“, with smileys you can tick.

There are 4 new hand-scooped mini-chocolate snacks and a unicorn chocolate lolly for the kids.

The Labooko range features 6 new dark chocolates, 4 of which hail from Africa, where cooperatives are now forming, which deliver fantastic cocoa quality. You’ll be surprised! Also, there are 2 new Labooko gift chocolates, “I Love You“ and “Be Happy“.

Have a look inside the new catalogue 2019-20 (PDF)

Zotter catalogue 2019-2020

New Fair Logo

August 17, 2018 – We are 100% organic and fair trade as well as bean to bar and from this season, we will start to apply our new FAIR hand sign logo, as we renounce the Fairtrade label. We become a member of the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO). The WFTO will audit our entire business according to its fair-trade guidelines. 100% fair trade, without mass balance supply chain application, which we think is less than ideal.

Josef Zotter: "In my opinion, the FAIRTRADE certification is generally a good idea and certainly better than no oversight at all, but I want my customers to be able to buy chocolate and know that it contains exactly what it says on the wrapper."

Zotter's new FAIR logo

Zotter wins the Energy Globe Austria 2018 Award

5. June 2018 – Zotter wins the most significant environmental award in the world and receives the "Energy Globe Austria 2018" award as overall winner. The Energy Globe Award is the most significant environmental award in the world. 2000 projects from 182 nations were submitted this year. During a nail-biting finale, Zotter prevailed as overall winner in Austria with the project "Umweltschutz als Erfolgskonzept" ("environmental protection as a design for success") and won the Energy Globe Austria 2018 Award.

More information about our environmental goals ...

Josef Zotter wins the Energy Globe Austria 2018 Award

EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2016

Josef Zotter, nominated for the "World Entrepreneur of the Year 2016", the Business Oscar, represented Austria in Monte Carlo and managed to secure himself a place in the Hall of Fame with his own star on the sidewalk.

For six days, the best entrepreneurs from 49 countries demonstrated their skills to win the title of "World Entrepreneur of the Year 2016" in Monte Carlo. It was all about entrepreneurship, financial performance, strategy, global and communal impact of the company, innovative power and personality. CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) was the main focus, as was the invitation to all corporations to increasingly dedicate themselves to social tasks.

The jury's decision was accompanied by a brilliant framework programme, including a gala dinner, a meeting with Prince Albert, lots of celebrities, a high density of Maseratis and Porsches and a big firework.

Josef and Ulrike Zotter accepted the renowned "EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame" trophy, while the Australian Manny Stul from Moose Enterprise Holdings & Controlled Entities won the race and the title.

Download press release (in German)

Josef Zotter go a place in the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year® Hall of Fame 2016Josef Zotter with Prince Albert II of Monaco

EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2015

Josef Zotter wins in the category of Trade & Consumer Goods and represents Austria at the World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016

On October 9th, 2015, the audit & consulting organisation EY gave out the Entrepreneur Of The Year Award for the tenth time in Austria. More than 300 guests from the worlds of business, politics and society accepted the invitation to the glamorous gala in the ballrooms of the Hofburg Vienna. Out of the nine finalists, Josef Zotter from the Zotter Chocolate Manufacture was chosen represent Austria at the World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award, which will take place in June 2016 in Monte Carlo. 

Download press release (in German)

Josef Zotter wins EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2015

Zotter ranks amongst the international world class

"Zotter is and will remain at the top of the world-best chocolate manufacturers and by far the most innovative chocolatier of all." (Chocolate – the reference standard 2015, p. 839)

The chocolate world is in motion, which is why the chocolate tester Georg Bernardini has once again published a colossal standard work (919 pages) about the international chocolate market. The test included 550 brands and 4,000 products from 70 countries (by comparison, in 2012, the test included 271 brands, 2,700 products and 38 countries).

Zotter ranks among the Top 25 - the best chocolatiers in the world

"Zotter: the placement among the Top 25 is so much matter of course as it is for only very few brands and companies, similar to Domori almost indisputable." (Chocolate – the reference standard 2015, p. 849)

The Top 25 are awarded 6 cocoa pods. 6 cocoa pods stand for "Extraordinary quality of all products. Extremely rare to no deviations in the outstanding quality of the products." (Chocolate – the reference standard 2015, p. 137)

Zotter is the only producer from Germany and Austria in the Top 25 and still the only one to produce solely in organic and fair-trade quality.

Reference: Georg Bernardini: "CHOCOLATE – THE REFERENCE STANDARD. The Chocolate Tester 2015. The best chocolates and pralines in the world. What’s behind it all and what we can gladly forego." 919 pages, www.thechocolatetester.com 

Book: Chocolate - The Reference Standard