Summerdown English Mint Chocolate

Only their round shape distinguishes these peppermint flakes from their square relatives with the sticky-sweet filling. In taste, they are almost further apart. Summerdown takes the best dark chocolate and adds pure English Black Mitcham peppermint oil. That's all it takes for this refreshing treat: the crunchy thin flakes perfectly combine the rather warm, earthy flavors of the cocoa with the cool freshness of the peppermint.

Until the early 20th century, England was famous for exceptionally good mint. Sir Michael Colman, born in 1928 and involved in spices and pungency as a mustard maker for more than four decades, decided in 1995 to revive this quality and counter the often discordant peppermint oils, mostly imported from Asia, with ones that have the clear, balanced flavor of English peppermint. To this end, he runs a farm in Hampshire, where he extracts the essential oil of the famous Black Mitcham mint directly after harvesting from the field-fresh plants - in a specially constructed distillery. The result is a rare intense varietal peppermint oil, which is unparalleled.

Trade Name:

Sweet Chocolate with Peppermint Oil

Ingredients:

sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, glucose syrup, invert sugar, emulsifier: soy lecithin, humectant: gylcerin, peppermint oil

Cocoa: 55% minimum (in chocolate).

Note allergens:

May contain traces of nuts and milk.

Storage and preparation instructions:

Store in a cool, dry place.

Origin:

United Kingdom

Responsible food business operator:

Market Grounds GmbH & Co. KG
Ericusspitze 2
20457 Hamburg
Germany

A slight gray haze on the products is not a sign of old chocolate, but of leaking mint oil.