Les Échos de Vacarme – Swiss chocolate: a soft -amer myth – RTS.CH

Switzerland is said to be the country of chocolate. Similarly, An international reputation due to some major Swiss discoveries dating from the 19th century. In addition, which made it possible to transform cocoa into a melting and creamy mass. Consequently, Since then, our chocolate has been exporting all over the world. In addition, But despite the myth and images of Épinal, Switzerland is no longer a leader in sales. On the manufacturing side, very few Swiss chocolate makers and chocolate makers work directly from cocoa beans. The production chain is controlled by a handful of multinationals which massively import the raw material from Côte d’Ivoire. Ghana and transform it into a cover chocolate, ready to be molded into praline or tablets. Beans whose price explodes on the world market. which does not benefit Ivorian cocoa producers subject to increasingly strict production and traceability.

Production: les échos de vacarme – Raphaële Bouchet
Realization: Matthieu Ramsauer

The guests:

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Author of “Chocolate”, published by Ecosociété.
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Régis Huguenin – Dumittan
Doctor of History. Curator of the International Watchmaking Museum (MIH)
From 2007 to 2012, he conducted research funded by the Swiss National Fund on the image of the Suchard company through its iconographic production