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Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
We ship to over 50 countries around the world. You can find the full list in the country selector at the top left corner of our website or here.
Depending on the shipping country, you can pay by credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay, Twint, Alipay, Klarna pay later or Klarna pay now. The credit cards we currently accept are Mastercard and Visa.
As soon as your payment has been approved, we’ll send you an order confirmation email. As soon as your order ships, you'll receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking information (applicable in most countries).
Läderach cannot make changes after the order is submitted because orders are processed fast to meet the shipping period agreement. For cancellations, please contact Läderach Customer Service within one hour of placing your order at contact-us. Please note that the cancellation cannot be guaranteed.
We accept returns in
the following
situations: if the product arrives too late, is damaged during shipping, or does not
meet your expectations. However, please note that the cost of returning the goods to our
warehouse will be the customer's responsibility.
Once the item has been received
and
inspected in our warehouse, we will process a refund for the full purchase price of the
item. Please allow 3-5 business days for the refund to be processed and credited back to
your original payment method. If you have any questions or concerns about our return
policy, please do not hesitate to contact our customer service team.
We are here
to help and ensure you are completely satisfied with your shopping experience on our
website.
By creating a customer account, you can quickly navigate through checkout during future purchases, access your order history, and manage and store your personal details. It's important to note that creating an account is not mandatory, and you may choose to checkout as a guest if you prefer.
Please visit the login page at https://laderach.com/customer/account/login/ and click "Forgot the password?". We will send you a new one.
We make every effort to package your items with care and adequate cooling and padding materials. However, please note that damages may occur due to the nature of shipping from time to time.
Unfortunately, we do not offer the option to choose a specific delivery date for orders at this time. Our delivery dates are based on estimated shipping times and can vary depending on your location. However, we do our best to get your order to you as soon as possible and keep you updated on its progress.
No, we do not include invoices or price tags in your order. We understand that many of our customers purchase items as gifts, and we want to ensure that the recipient can enjoy the surprise without seeing any pricing information. Invoices are sent separately by email.
We don’t currently offer the option of adding a shopping bag to online orders. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We constantly review our policies and procedures to find ways to improve your customer experience, and we appreciate your feedback in this regard.
We don’t currently offer the option of adding a shopping bag to online orders. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We constantly review our policies and procedures to find ways to improve your customer experience, and we appreciate your feedback in this regard.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Our dark chocolates
are created without animal-based ingredients such as milk, butter, or caramel and can be
considered vegan. The recently developed Creamy Cashew chocolate and the FrischSchoggi
Cashew, for which we use cashew drink powder instead of milk powder, also meet all the
vegan criteria.
Since we use animal-based ingredients such as milk and egg for
other products, we cannot rule out that tiny traces of these might be present in our
vegan products. For anyone with allergies, we also declare that traces of egg, gluten
including wheat, milk, and other nuts may be present in our products.
Although we do not advertise any of our chocolates as lactose-free, our vegan chocolates and dark chocolates can be considered lactose-free. However, due to the production processes, traces of lactose may be present.
We make our couverture
without barley malt (extract), so they do not contain gluten. However, some of our
products, such as pralines or FrischSchoggi, may contain ingredients with gluten such as
cornflakes. Or they may contain traces of gluten because we work with gluten-containing
raw materials at the same production site. We use hüppen (wafer rolls) for our Praline
Feuilletine and wafer bases for the Mini Mousses.
Therefore, we do not
currently offer products that we describe as gluten-free. For customers who suffer from
food allergies or intolerances, we declare our products to contain egg, gluten (incl.
wheat), milk, and nuts. Please carefully read the list of ingredients and contact our
sales staff in case of questions or concerns.
Cornflakes contain barley malt extract to make them taste sweeter. We have not yet been able to find an alternative that is free of barley malt. We also use some other raw materials and ingredients that contain barley malt extract. Barley malt naturally contains gluten. As does the extract used in the cornflakes.
We do not add palm oil
or palm fat to our products. If our end products contain palm oil, it was already
present in the ingredients from our suppliers.
As a matter of principle, we avoid palm oil and fat in our raw materials and products.
We only use it if it is indispensable for the manufacturing of our products for
technological reasons. An example would be an optimal taste profile or better heat
stability.
If palm oil is present in our products, we ensure we only use
sustainably certified palm oil, produced according to the RSPO guidelines for
sustainable cultivation. Additionally, it must present the logistics variant
"Segregation" (SG).
Recently, palm oil has been replaced by other fats in many of our products. In this
context, the availability of alternative raw materials without palm oil on the market is
continuously checked, and wherever possible, we switch to these for our products.
Currently, only certain praline fillings contain palm oil or palm fat.
The following product categories are completely free of palm oil and fat:
-
FrischSchoggi
- Mini Mousses (exclusively available in our boutiques)
-
Popcorn
- Tartufi
- Perlettes
- Tablets (64 grams, 0.14 lbs)
No, we do not use titanium dioxide in our products. Titanium dioxide (TiO2, E171 or CI77891) is a colorant and can be used as an opaque white colour or whitener. It is often used in toothpaste or chewing gum.
We work with three
preservatives.
Some candied or confit fruits may contain potassium sorbate (E202)
and sulfur dioxide (E220). We are proactively working with our suppliers to find
alternatives to the preservatives mentioned and have already been able to replace
some.
We only use sorbic acid (E200) for our Fresh Cream Truffles which are
available over-the-counter and the pralines Nougat Truffles and Rigoletto. The latter
two are part of our pralines boxes. That is why we declare preservatives on these
products. We are working hard to achieve a longer shelf life for these products in other
ways.
We only use GMO-free
ingredients for our products. All our suppliers have to confirm in their specifications
that their products are GMO-free.
We sometimes use soy lecithin in our products,
which may be necessary for the flow properties of the chocolate. In certain products, we
now use sunflower lecithin instead of soya lecithin, for example, in products containing
Couverture Cashew (vegan). Our soya lecithin is GMO-free. We check every single delivery
for GMOs.
In principle, pulses
such as beans, peas, vetches, lentils, etc., except soya and peanuts, are not defined as
allergens under Swiss and EU legislation.
Except for soya, we do not use any of
the above pulses as ingredients in our products. Soya is present in our products as an
ingredient or as traces, as the emulsifier soya lecithin is added to some of the
chocolates during production.
Peanuts are not included in any of our
products, neither as an ingredient nor as traces.
Peanuts are strictly
forbidden in our company. Therefore, we assure you that our products do not contain
peanuts or traces of peanuts.
We use soya lecithin
in some of our products, it can be necessary for the chocolate's flow properties. For
certain products, we have been able to switch to sunflower lecithin. For example, in
products containing the Couverture Cashew (Vegan). Our soya lecithin is GMO-free. We
test every delivery for GMOs.
Our pure Grand Cru bars and Carrés do not contain
lecithin (neither from soya nor from other raw materials).
We use glucose syrup to caramelise the almonds. However, only a minimal amount is needed. For every 100 grams of chocolate with almonds, we use 0.1 grams of glucose syrup. The chocolate itself contains no glucose syrup.
Many of our products
contain nuts: Hazelnuts from Piedmont, almonds, pistachios, walnuts, macadamias, cashews
and coconut.
A gianduja contains a high proportion of nuts. Many of our pralines
are filled with different varieties of gianduja.
Peanuts are strictly forbidden
in our company. We can therefore assure you that our products do not contain peanuts or
traces of peanuts.
If in doubt, please refer to the label which declares food
allergens in the list of ingredients or ask the staff.
An E-number designates
the additives and says nothing about whether the additive is of artificial or natural
origin. Additives are either used directly or can come from the raw materials.
Concerning the declaration of E-numbers, we adhere to the legal regulations.
We
are constantly trying to reduce the use of additives in our products.