Summerdown milk chocolate with peppermint

The combination of peppermint and milk chocolate is rather unusual in this country and yet just as delicious. The rather soft, mildly sweet chocolate impresses with its rich, creamy and mouth-filling texture, which is offset by the cool, clear and fresh accent of black mint oil from Summerdown's own distillery.

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:

Milk chocolate with peppermint oil

Ingredients:

Sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, natural vanilla flavor, peppermint oil, emulsifier: soy lecithin Cocoa: 37% minimum (in the chocolate)

Allergen information:

May contain traces of nuts, 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.