Lindt & Sprüngli
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Swiss premium chocolate manufacturer crafting Lindt, Ghirardelli, and Caffarel brands distributed through fine food wholesale and confectionery retail networks worldwide.
Lindt & Sprüngli, founded in Zurich in 1845, is one of Switzerland's most iconic premium chocolate manufacturers, employing approximately 14,600 people and generating over CHF 5 billion in annual sales. The group owns the Lindt, Ghirardelli, Russell Stover, Caffarel, and Hofbauer brands, offering wholesale buyers a comprehensive premium and mass-market confectionery portfolio. Lindt supplies fine food wholesalers, duty-free operators, department stores, and specialty confectionery retailers across 120+ countries. The Lindt SELECTION range and seasonal gifting products are strong performers in wholesale gift-channel buying programs. Its Swiss heritage and master chocolatier positioning support consistent premium pricing in competitive wholesale markets.
- Type
- Not established by any record (our catalog import lists it as manufacturer; that is not evidence of the role)
- Role
- Role not established by any record
- Location
- Kilchberg, Switzerland
- Founded
- Not established: our records disagree. 1900 in the founding-year field of our catalogue record; 1845 in the description text of our catalogue record.
- Website
- lindt-spruengli.com
- Categories
- Confectionery & Snacks, Specialty & Gourmet Food
- Markets
- Switzerland, Germany, United States, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Canada, Japan, Austria
What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 2 official records from 1 official source are on file. 3 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. Nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Facts on file, each with its evidence type
- Website domain registered (record type: domain-registered) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows how long this web address has been registered. That is the age of the domain, not of the company: a domain can change owners. checked 2026-08-02. Domain registry record
- Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Indicates the company is not dissolved or winding down. checked 2026-09-07. SHAB, Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce
- Legal entity ID lapsed (record type: lei-lapsed-by-name) [our own observation, not an official record; status amber] A search of the GLEIF register by company name found an identifier under this name that was not renewed. The match is by name only, so it may belong to another legal entity. checked 2026-07-21. GLEIF
- No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-07-21. OpenSanctions
- Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] Shows an authority issued a permit for an installation at this site for the activity named in the record. A permit is not an inspection report and not an observation that production is running today. effective since 2026-03-31. SHAB, Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce
Claimed certifications, not confirmed by us
- ISO 22000, Food Safety IAF CertSearch
- HACCP
Import rules for these goods
- EU imports of food of animal origin and many other food categories must be pre-notified in TRACES and enter through border control posts. European Commission (TRACES)
- US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA
Check independently
Before a first order, ask for the ISO 22000, Food Safety certificate number, its holder and the products it covers.