Food and Product Safety
We take pride in delivering products of high and consistent quality, and we can guarantee food safety through our BRC-certified quality management system across all critical stages:
- We use only quality-approved raw materials
- Consistent and safe production processes
- Continuous quality control throughout the entire process
- We inspect raw materials and finished products in both our own and external laboratories
- We test for taste, functionality, and color, among other things
We apply the same strict quality standards at all our production sites and work every single day to ensure food safety throughout the entire value chain, from the cultivation of raw materials to the moment our products reach our customer's homes.
Find more information in our CSR Report or read about how you can taste the difference.
Almonds
We use for almonds of highest quality from California, Australia, Spain and Morocco.
The almonds come from different countries with different harvest times. That's why we can use fresh almonds all year round, and you can always enjoy high quality and tasty marzipan.
Apricot kernels
Bitter apricot kernels originate mainly from China and from Turkey. The apricot trees grow wild in the mountains, and their stones are collected by shepherds and farmers, who pass them on to larger companies where the stones are split and the kernels cleaned and packed.
We process the apricot kernels before using them in our products, as it gives the apricot kernels special properties. When you use apricot kernels in baking mass, the product has a better baking ability than when you only use almonds. Apricot kernels do not flow out as much at high temperatures as almonds do, and because of this they are suitable in baked cakes and tarts.
Original ODENSE Marzipan
In Odense, the almonds are blanched and the skins removed. They are then chopped and mixed with sugar, before being milled using large stone rollers that produce the correct coarse texture. This process turns the finest almonds into Original ODENSE marzipan, entirely free from preservatives.
Our Original ODENSE marzipan contains 63% almonds, and we need 126 grams og almonds to produce a package of Original ODENSE marzipan of 200 grams.
Baking marzipan
In addition to almonds, ODENSE baking marzipan also contains apricot kernels. The addition of these kernels ensures that the marzipan does not run when baked, making baking marzipan particularly suitable for kransekage (a marzipan-based cake traditionally eaten at celebrations in Denmark) and other cakes or tarts which must retain their shape.