How ‘Swissness’ rule has led to Toblerone removing the Matterhorn mountain from its branding

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How ‘Swissness’ rule has led to Toblerone removing the Matterhorn mountain from its branding
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⛰️ Chocolate brand Toblerone must drop the image of the Matterhorn mountain peak from its packaging after 50 years, as it switches some of its manufacturing to another country

Chocolate brand Toblerone must drop the image of the Matterhorn mountain peak from its packaging after 50 years, as it switches some of its manufacturing to another country.

For a food product to be marketed as “made in Switzerland”, 80 per cent of the raw ingredients must be sourced from the country with most processing taking place there. For milk and milk-based products, the required quota is 100 per cent, with exceptions for ingredients that cannot be sourced from Switzerland, such as cocoa.

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