The combination of dark chocolate and peppermint is not only popular in the UK. However, it only becomes a real treat when, as with this bar, it combines dark chocolate with a 70% cocoa content and Black Mitcham peppermint oil, which is extracted fresh from the fields in Summerdown's own distillery, with its clear, fresh and intense taste.

Until the early 20th century, England was famous for its exceptionally good mint. Sir Michael Colman (1928-2023), a mustard manufacturer who had been involved in spices and pungency for more than four decades, decided in 1995 to revive this quality and counter the often inharmonious peppermint oils, mostly imported from Asia, with the clear, balanced taste of English peppermint. To this end, he founded a farm in Hampshire where he had the essential oil of the famous Black Mitcham mint extracted from the field-fresh plants immediately after harvesting - in a specially constructed distillery. The result is a rare, intense, pure peppermint oil that is second to none and is still responsible for the incomparably good taste of Summerdown's products today.

Sales description:

Dark chocolate with peppermint oil

Ingredients:

Cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, natural vanilla flavor, peppermint oil, emulsifier: soy lecithinCocoa: 70% minimum (in the chocolate).

Allergen information:

May contain traces of nuts, milk, gluten and peanuts.

Storage and preparation instructions:

Store in a cool, dry place. Protect from direct light.

Origin / provenance:

Great Britain

Responsible food business operator:

Market Grounds GmbH & Co KG Ericusspitze 2 20457 Hamburg Germany

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