In each of our baked goods lies not only masterful baking craftsmanship with over 400 years of experience. We also produce our specialties with great care and love. Only the highest quality ingredients, from exquisite spices to hand-selected nuts and almonds to premium flour, create the unique flavor appreciated by connoisseurs around the world. The numerous awards our products receive every year confirm the high-quality standards we impose on ourselves. We are somewhat proud of that. The careful treatment of nature and its resources, as well as fair cooperation with our trading partners around the world, are written into our strict "Code of Conduct" and are part of our identity.
DLG
Our products are awarded medals by the German Agricultural Society DLG year after year: In the past year alone, 21 out of 22 submitted products received the highest status of "Gold," one product achieved "Silver." For the 14th consecutive time, Wicklein has also been honored by the DLG with the "Award for Long-Term Product Quality." The corporate award stands for consistent quality efforts and is only given when food has been regularly and successfully tested by the DLG for at least five years.
Fairtrade
For many years, we have only used chocolate products that are certified with the Fairtrade seal. The standards for this must be adhered to throughout the entire value chain and include social, environmental, and economic criteria. These include regulated working conditions, the prohibition of discrimination, the payment of minimum wages, environmentally friendly cultivation, or the avoidance of genetically modified seeds
IFS
IFS Food is an international standard for assessing the conformity of products and processes regarding food safety and quality. The "IFS – International Featured Standard Food" applies to suppliers at all stages of food processing. This is to convey that we work particularly carefully in the areas of food safety, quality, or compliance with legal requirements. Audits are conducted annually in unannounced audits.
Vegan
The so-called "V-Label" is an internationally recognized and protected brand for labeling vegetarian and vegan products. For consumers, it provides a simple and safe guide. Uniform criteria and regular checks make the V-Label a unique quality seal throughout Europe. Accordingly, our products bearing the Vegan V-Label must not be produced using living animals or animal products.
ZNU
Since 2023, Wicklein has been certified according to the demanding ZNU standard for sustainable business practices. This is the only practice-tested and implemented standard for sustainable business practices that integrates all three dimensions of environment, economy, and society and calls for and promotes the development of an integrated management system for more sustainable business practices.
Organic
Our organic products meet the strict standards of EU regulations for organic farming and are accordingly marked with the EU organic label. Organic farms must, for instance, accurately record what they have bought from whom and what they have sold to whom. This allows our organic products to be traced back to the producer. Officially approved private control bodies inspect the entire operation at least once a year and also carry out unannounced spot checks on producers and processors. The work of the control bodies is in turn monitored by the state. This ensures that our customers can trust that what is labeled as organic truly is organic.