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Fazer
Fazer (, ) is one of the largest corporations in the Finland, Finnish food industry. The company was founded by Karl Fazer in 1891, as a "French-Russian café" in central Helsinki. Today, it employs over 6,000 people across Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, Norway and Poland. Its products are exported to more than 40 countries. History Fazer acquired Swedish confectionery company Mazetti in 1975, Mazetti started several product lines which are now iconic to Fazer, including Dumle and Tutti Frutti. Fazer formed a partnership with United Biscuits in its Fazer Keksit (which made biscuits) and UB owned 70 per cent of it until 2000. Fazer has historically acquired several other companies, including the Finnish Chymos and the Danish Perelly. The confectionery line was merged with its Sweden, Swedish competitor Cloetta in 2000, to become Cloetta Fazer, though the merger lasted only until 2008 before the two brands were separated back to independent companies. La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fazer Blue
Karl Fazer Milk Chocolate, commonly known as Fazer Blue (, ), is a Finnish brand of milk chocolate owned by the Fazer corporation. The common name derives from the iconic blue color of its wrapper, which is a registered color trademark of the Fazer corporation. Fazer Blue is often ranked as the best-selling confectionery in Finland. It also regularly polls as the most respected brand among Finns, particularly in polls conducted by the magazine ''Markkinointi & Mainonta'' and the polling organization Taloustutkimus OY. The chocolate is widely considered a part of Finnish cultural heritage and cuisine. It owes its unique taste to the use of fresh milk in production, as opposed to powdered and condensed milk commonly used in chocolate manufacturing. Compared to other chocolates, Fazer Blue also has a relatively high milk concentration. The chocolate is sold in various forms and amounts, ranging from slabs to boxes of confectionery pieces. History The chocolate was brought to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Fazer
Karl Otto Fazer (, 16 August 1866 – 9 October 1932) was a Finnish chocolatier and sport shooter. Biography He was born in Helsinki. He had four children and was the grandfather of Peter Fazer. His father, Eduard Peter Fazer (originally Fatzer), was a Swiss-born furrier. Fazer studied baking in Berlin, Paris, and Saint Petersburg before becoming a pioneer of Finnish confectionery. Together with his wife Berta he opened a French-Russian confectionery at Glogatan (Kluuvikatu) 3 in Helsinki on 17 September 1891. Later, he opened a chocolate and candy factory in Punavuori. Fazer, the company he founded, is still in existence. Many of its products have become classic. This is particularly true of the Fazer Blue (, ), a brand of chocolate that is often compared to salmiakki, as a candy that is a part of the Finnish national identity. Fazer established bird protection areas in the Åland archipelago and on the lands of the Taubila farm he bought in 1918 in Pyhäjärvi, Vy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domino (cookie)
Domino is a brand of cookies manufactured by the Finnish food company Fazer. Domino cookies consist of three layers, of which the upper and lower layer are made from cocoa-flavoured biscuit and the middle one is a soft vanilla-flavoured creme filling. There are several versions of Domino cookies, such as Domino Mint, Domino Choco, Domino Double Chocolate, Mini Domino and Domino Marianne (with a peppermint flavour). Fazer launched the Domino cookie brand in 1953. Similar cookies had existed previously in the American market, such as Hydrox launched in 1908 and Oreo launched in 1912. Between 1995 and 2016, the ownership of the Domino brand and Fazer's cookie production passed between multiple foreign owners and brands, such as United Biscuits, Danone's, Kraft Foods', and Mondelez International's LU brand. In 2016, Fazer reacquired its domestic cookie production and the associated brands. Domino cookies are so similar to the previously invented Hydrox and Oreo cookies that so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumle
Dumle is a brand of chocolate-covered toffees marketed and manufactured by Fazer. The toffees were first manufactured in 1945 by Mazetti, a chocolate and confectionery producer in Malmö, Sweden. The original sweet consisted of a hard toffee lollipop coated in chocolate, but was not branded Dumle until 1960, possibly as a reference to children's television series , one of the first broadcast on Swedish television. The manufacturer was acquired by Fazer in 1975, and in 1987 Fazer released a new product with a softer toffee covered in chocolate and packaged in a candy wrapper, which is now named ''Dumle original''. They are manufactured in , Vantaa, Finland. The brand now contains a range of chocolate-covered caramels and toffees, including a range of chocolates and ice creams. A number of variations and limited editions have been produced, including apple, salty liquorice, mint, gingerbread, mango-orange, cranberries, banana, lime and chocolate-flavoured soft toffees, often with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chymos
Chymos Oy was a Finnish company founded in 1906,Lukka, JuhaniLaatua, tehokkuutta ja ergonomiaa ''Cimcorp customer magazine''. Accessed on 6 January 2017. producing juice, jam, wine, liqueurs and candy. In 1993 the company's candy production was bought out by Fazer, and in 2006 Chymos was fully assimilated into Cloetta Fazer. The name Chymos comes from the Greek language word ''khymos'' (χυμός), meaning juice. According to the company's publication the name is properly pronounced starting with "k", but the public pronounced it with "h", "s" or "ts". History Foundation and early years The mountain councillor Wäinö Tammenoksa founded ''Alkoholittomien Juomien Tehdas Chymos'' ("Chymos Factory of Non-alcoholic Beverages") in Tainionkoski in Ruokolahti municipality (nowadays part of Imatra) in 1906. This was the first time Finnish forest berries were refined industrially. The name was changed to ''Tehdas Chymos'' in 1918. In 1922 the company moved to Lappeenranta. Jukka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazetti
Mazetti Aktiebolag, AB was a Swedish manufacturer of cacao, chocolate and other candies founded and based in Malmö, Sweden. It was acquired by the Finnish Fazer company in 1975. History Mazetti was founded in 1888 by Danish confectioner Emil Nissen, originally named ''Malmö Choklad och Konfektfabriks AB''. A factory was built on Bergsgatan in central Malmö, with the work led by Christian Lauritz Müller. The Mazetti building Manufacturing in Malmö ended in 1992, but the factory building remains and today houses the Mazetti Culture House () which opened on February 3 2006. Products Mazetti started several product lines which continue as Fazer products today * The Ögon brand is used for cacao and baking chocolate by Fazer * Dumle * Tutti Frutti References {{Reflist Swedish companies established in 1888 Confectionery companies of Sweden 1975 disestablishments in Sweden Companies disestablished in 1975 Swedish companies disestablished in the 1970s Companies based in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipality, with million in the Helsinki capital region, capital region and million in the Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area. As the most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant History of Helsinki, historical connections with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen—and surrounding commuter towns, including the neighbouring municipality of Sipoo to the east—Helsinki forms a Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloetta
Cloetta is a Swedish confectionery company. The company manufactures and sells local confectionery brands on its main markets Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany and the UK. History In 1862, Christoph Cloëtta (1836–1897) and his two brothers Nutin Cloëtta and Bernard Cloëtta founded Danish chocolate manufacturer Brødrene Cloëttas steam chocolate factory. In 1873, Nutin Cloëtta established a Swedish subsidiary in Malmö, Sweden and one subsidiary in 1896, in Oslo, Norway. After several years of legal disputes between Cloetta Fazer's two major owners, the Svenfelt-Trotzig family company Malfors Promotor and the Finnish family-owned Karl Fazer, it was announced in June 2008 that Cloetta Fazer would be split up. Cloetta became an independent company again in late 2008 and was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange on 8 December 2008. In December 2011, it was announced that Cloetta and Leaf would merge into one company. Current Cloetta has six factories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuisine Of Finland
Finnish cuisine is notable for generally combining traditional country fare and ''haute cuisine'' with contemporary continental-style cooking. Fish and meat (usually pork, beef or reindeer) play a prominent role in traditional Finnish dishes in some parts of the country, while the dishes elsewhere have traditionally included various vegetables and mushrooms. Evacuees from Karelia contributed to foods in other parts of Finland in the aftermath of the Continuation War. Finnish foods often use wholemeal products (rye, barley, oats) and berries (such as bilberries, lingonberries, cloudberries, and sea buckthorn). Milk and its derivatives like buttermilk are commonly used as food, drink or in various recipes. Various turnips were common in traditional cooking, but were replaced with the potato after its introduction in the 18th century. Characteristics The way of life and culture of Finns was mainly based on agriculture already at prehistoric times. However, in the harsh and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Biscuits
United Biscuits (UB) is a British multinational food manufacturer, makers of McVitie's biscuits, Jacob's Cream Crackers, and Twiglets. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In November 2014, the company was acquired by Yıldız Holding and is now part of Pladis. United Biscuits manufactures in a number of countries across Europe, such as the Netherlands, France and Belgium. It also has a manufacturing site in India. The company's headquarters is in Chiswick Business Park in west London. History United Biscuits (UB) was formed in 1948 by a merger of two Scottish family businesses: McVitie & Price and MacFarlane Lang. In 1962, United Biscuits acquired William Crawford & Sons, a Scottish baker founded in Leith in 1813, for £6 million. In 1965, the company also acquired William MacDonald & Sons for £2.8 million, and brought the Penguin brand to the group. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
