Military chocolate (Switzerland)

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Swiss military chocolate

The military chocolate ( French chocolat militaire , Italian cioccolato militare , Rhaeto-Romanic chigulatta da militar ) is a part of the Swiss Army .

history

Napolitain military chocolate

In the Swiss Army, military chocolate had the official name Notportion ( ration de secours or razione di soccorso or raziun da reserva ). It was dark black chocolate. The emergency portions were in two white cardboard boxes, these cardboard boxes were covered with a transparent plastic film. The two cardboard boxes were connected, but could easily be separated by a perforation. This military chocolate was made by several companies, such as B. from Chocolat-Villars and Chocolat Stella.

For decades, military chocolate has been part of the basic provisions of Swiss soldiers. In addition to the military biscuits , it is popular with school children who receive them as gifts from soldiers. The military chocolate has achieved a certain cult status .

Over time, a 50 g chocolate bar in red paper packaging and a 50 g milk chocolate bar in red plastic packaging were also introduced. This was more popular than the emergency portions, but not available in the same quantity. This led to a rumor that this chocolate was only for officers. This is where the unofficial name officer's chocolate came from . The military chocolate has meanwhile replaced the emergency portion. The emergency portions are no longer part of the official army provisions. On May 1, 2005, Stella’s former black chocolate was retired. The manufacturer in Ticino continues to produce them using the original recipe and sells them to civilian customers.

The current military chocolate also has rice krispies or cornflakes . In addition to the chocolate bars, the military chocolate is also available for promotional purposes in the form of a 5 g napolitain . The Swiss Army sources its military chocolate from various manufacturers who are UTZ-certified , including Chocolat Stella and Chocolat Frey .

Protected trademark

Since 2013, the protection of the Swiss Army brand has been enforced in accordance with Parliament's instructions. In April 2016, the Bern Commercial Court prohibited a chocolate manufacturer from using the Swiss Army brand name without a corresponding license.

Nutritional values ​​and ingredients

Description of ingredients on the back of the pack

Nutritional values ​​for 100 g

ingredients

Sugar , cocoa butter , skimmed milk powder , cocoa mass, corn flakes 7.5% (maize, sugar, salt, barley malt , emulsifier Sonnenblumenlethizin, Kola extract caffeine with colorant caramel , emulsifier Sonnenblumenlezithin, flavor vanillin), cocoa at least 35% (skimmed milk chocolate).

See also

Web links

Commons : Swiss military chocolate  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Lucerne University of Education: Topic Package 3: Swiss Chocolate Pioneers. (PDF) L.1 The first chocolate factories in Switzerland. (No longer available online.) In: verkehrshaus.ch. verkehrshaus.ch - Schuldienst, p. 3 , archived from the original on September 15, 2016 ; accessed on September 8, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.verkehrshaus.ch
  2. ^ "Swiss Army" chocolate has to be renamed. In: Tages-Anzeiger online, April 15, 2016.
  3. http://fddb.info/db/de/lebensmittel/chocolat_frey_frey_militaer-schokolade/index.html