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Chocolat Stella Bernrain

Chocolat Stella Bernrain develops and produces chocolate specialities for customers all over the world. In addition to its own Bernrain and Stella chocolate brands, the successful family business manufactures products for private labels and supplies industrial and commercial customers with the finest couvertures and semi-finished cocoa products.

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The secret of the fast-growing company’s success is a balanced mix of experience spanning almost 100 years, a dynamic culture of innovation, and the flexibility to recognise and grasp new market opportunities early on. This way, the trend-setting specialist is able to surprise its customers with a constant stream of new products that reflect contemporary preferences and meet the highest demands in terms of quality and taste. Exactly as you would expect from genuine Swiss chocolate.

The extension to Chocolat Bernrain in Kreuzlingen, completed in mid-2021, includes a spacious modern production facility and a brand-new factory shop with its own café and terrace with panoramic views. Situated on the top floor of the building, the SchokoLaden chocolate shop and Café Stella blend harmoniously into the overall appearance of the new industrial premises and, you could say, are the icing on the cake of this location steeped in tradition.

History of Chocolat Stella Bernrain

1925
Walter Müller lays the foundations for his later entrepreneurship by completing an apprenticeship as a confectioner. He then gains experience working in various confectionery shops and French hotels, and later learns the chocolatier’s trade from scratch in Zurich.

1928
Achille Vanotti founds Chocolat Stella, makes a name for himself with excellent chocolate and invests imaginatively in the “Stella” brand throughout Switzerland.

1932
Heinrich Weibel establishes the Bernrain chocolate factory and delights his customers with confectionery products, chocolate-covered marshmallows, “hüppen” (filled wafer rolls) and “branches” (chocolate twigs).

1947
Walter Müller decides to start up his own business. In the 300-year-old family home, he and his wife Karin produce chocolate-covered marshmallows, “branches” (chocolate twigs) and liqueur-filled chocolate bottles. The products become extremely popular and the production rooms soon become too small.

1950
Karin and Walter Müller purchase Chocolat Bernrain. The young couple and their two sons move to Kreuzlingen.

1955
A strategic decision is taken with the production of the first private label chocolate in Switzerland for the “Lebensmittelverein Zürich” (Zurich Co-operative Food Stores). This marks the beginning of a focus on niche products.

1956
Karin and Walter Müller take the bold step from their artisan production methods to industrial manufacturing with the construction of a modern chocolate factory.

1960
Dr Franco Vanotti, the nephew of the founder of Chocolat Stella, develops the first sugar-free chocolate in Switzerland.

1965
Adalbert Müller follows in the footsteps of his parents and, at 28 years of age, takes over the management of Chocolat Bernrain AG. His wife Ursula Müller manages the factory shop.

1980
The continual expansion is also accompanied by the demand for sustainable production. A heat recovery system cuts fresh water consumption by 98 per cent, reduces the company’s reliance on external energy and lowers CO2emissions.

Dr Vanotti’s children express no interest in taking over the management of Chocolat Stella. He sells his company to Chocolat Bernrain AG.

1991
Working together with OS3, now known as claro fair trade AG, one of the world’s first Fair Trade chocolates is developed. The cocoa is supplied by the El Ceibo cooperative of smallholders in Bolivia, the sugar by the Alter Trade cooperative in the Philippines.

In the same year, the first organic chocolate is produced for Pronatec AG. To achieve this, Pronatec supplies the patented sugar Sucanat.

Over the years, partnerships continue to grow with various cooperatives in South America and Asia. Chocolat Stella Bernrain supports producers in the construction of fermentation and drying facilities, the establishment of tree nurseries and with training programmes.

2001
Monica Müller, the daughter of Adalbert and Ursula Müller, decides to pursue a future career in the family firm and fully familiarises herself with the chocolate business.

2013
Chocolat Stella moves into modern, new production facilities and obtains a large part of its energy requirements from a heat pump. In Kreuzlingen, a photovoltaic system positioned on the warehouse roof supplies the company’s own electricity.

2016
The new Chocolat Stella shop opens at the railway station in Bellinzona.

2021
Chocolat Stella Bernrain moves into the new premises in Kreuzlingen. The new building houses Café Stella together with the SchokoLaden chocolate shop as well as the production facility with its state-of-the-art equipment – now occupying a production space of 3700 m2.

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Chocolat Stella Organic Milk Chocolate 100g

Chocolat Stella Organic White Chocolate With Chocolate Pieces 100g

Chocolat Stella Organic Dark Chocolate With 75% Cocoa 100g

Chocolat Stella Organic Dark Chocolate With 80% Cocoa 100g

Chocolat Stella Organic Dark Chocolate With Baobab Fruit (60% Cocoa) 100g

Chocolat Stella Organic Dark Chocolate With Chili (72% Cocoa) 100g

Chocolat Stella Organic Chocolate Pack 600g

Chocolat Stella Organic Milk Chocolate 50g

Chocolat Stella Organic Milk Chocolate With Almonds 50g

Chocolat Stella Organic Dark Chocolate With 80% Cocoa 50g

Chocolat Stella Organic Dark Chocolate With Orange Peel 50g

Chocolat Stella Organic Milk Chocolate With Agave Nectar 80g

Chocolat Stella Organic Dark Chocolate With Agave Nectar (71% Cocoa) 80g

Chocolat Stella Organic Dark Chocolate with Pomegranate (60% Cocoa) 100g

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Organic is a controlled and certified agriculture and production method without using chemical inputs. The purpose of ecological agriculture is to protect the environment, plant, animal and human health without polluting the soil, water resources and air. Organic is scientific and legal concept. Marketing of a product with expressions such as "natural, additive-free, hormone-free, pure, village product, from the farm, homemade, healthy" does not mean that it is organic. The organic food products in Ekoorganik Organic Store are in line with the European Union Organic Agriculture Legislation, and produced in accordance with the Organic Agriculture Law and Regulation of Turkish Republic and has been certified by the Organic Certification Bodies authorized by the Ministry of Agriculture, after being inspected by laboratory analyzes.

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