<P> Swiss chocolate refers to chocolate produced in Switzerland . While cacao beans and other ingredients such as sugar can originate from outside of Switzerland, the actual production of the chocolate must take place in Switzerland . Switzerland's chocolates have earned an international reputation for high quality with many famous international brands . </P> <P> The 17th century saw the start of chocolate processed in Switzerland . In the 18th century chocolate was only produced in a few areas, such as the Ticino . </P> <P> In the 19th and early - 20th centuries the following chocolate factories were founded: </P> <Ul> <Li> 1819 - Cailler in Vevey (today Nestlé) </Li> <Li> 1826 - Favarger in Versoix, Canton of Geneva </Li> <Li> 1826 - Suchard in Serrières (today Kraft Foods) </Li> <Li> 1830 - Kohler in Lausanne (today Nestlé) </Li> <Li> 1836 - Sprüngli in Zurich, company split into Confiserie Sprüngli and Lindt & Sprüngli in 1892 </Li> <Li> 1852 - Maestrani in Luzern (today in Flawil) </Li> <Li> 1862 - Klaus in Le Locle </Li> <Li> 1867 - Peter in Lausanne (today Nestlé) </Li> <Li> 1879 - Lindt in Bern (today Lindt & Sprüngli) </Li> <Li> 1887 - Frey in Aarau (today Migros) </Li> <Li> 1899 - Tobler in Bern (today Kraft Foods) </Li> <Li> 1901 - Chocolat de Villars in Villars sur Glâne </Li> <Li> 1908 - Felchlin in Schwyz </Li> <Li> 1928 - Stella SA in Lugano (1987 Giubiasco) </Li> <Li> 1929 - Camille Bloch in Courtelary </Li> <Li> 1932 - Teuscher in a small town in the Swiss Alps </Li> <Li> 1932 - Bernrain in Kreuzlingen </Li> <Li> 1933 - Chocolats Halba in Wallisellen </Li> <Li> 1934 - Kägi Söhne AG in Toggenburg </Li> </Ul>

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