Toblerone can't put the Matterhorn or 'Swiss chocolate' on its wrapper anymore — here's why.
If you love Toblerone chocolate bars in all their sweet, Swiss-made glory, you may have to come to a new geographical understanding. The candy can no longer be identified as Swiss because some of it is being produced in … Bratislava.
According to reports, the change is because of something called the Swissness Act — a 2017 Swiss law that puts certain criteria in place if companies want to use national symbols or make certain Swiss-made claims. However, the spokesperson acknowledged the shift of some production to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, “to create additional capacity.”
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