Produces cookies, wafers, cakes and winter pastries – from the Leibniz biscuit to the winter range.
BAHLSEN GmbH & Co. KG
HanoverNew on Amplifa
About Bahlsen
BAHLSEN GmbH & Co. KG is a family-run company based in Hanover that has been producing and distributing confectionery for over 130 years. The product range includes cookies and wafers, cookie assortments, cakes, and a seasonal winter range with gingerbread, Speculoos and stollen. Well-known products include the Leibniz biscuit, created by Hermann Bahlsen in 1891, Waffeletten, Deloba, Messino and the cake brands sold under the Comtess name. According to the company, it bakes in the traditional craft manner and works with partners on quality and sustainability of ingredients; wheat flour comes from regional contract farming in Germany and Poland, and cocoa from more sustainable cultivation. The products are distributed via food retail and online channels. The company is headquartered at Podbielskistraße 11 in Hanover.
- Site
- Hannover
- Processes
- Production and distribution of confectionery (cookies, wafers, cakes, winter pastries), Consumer service, Bahlsen Outlets
- Materials
- Wheat flour, Cocoa, Hazelnuts
- Founded
- 1891
- Industries
- Confectionery, Food/Foodstuffs, FMCG
- 01
Recipe and product development
- 02
Procurement of ingredients (wheat, cocoa, hazelnuts)
- 03
Pastry production
- 04
Packaging
- 05
Distribution via retail and online channels
Production and Ingredients
Wheat flour
100% from regional contract farming in Germany and Poland with traceability back to the field.
Cocoa
From more sustainable cultivation in cooperation with long-term partners.
Hazelnuts
Gently roasted and finely ground, among other things for Kipferl and cinnamon stars.
Locations
Hanover
DEHeadquarters
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1891
Hermann Bahlsen creates the first biscuit, named after Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz; gold medal at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago
- 1904
Innovative packaging of the Leibniz-Cakes by graphic artist Heinrich Mittag
- 1914
Limited-edition tin by Emanuel Josef Margold
- 1928
Angora tin (Art Deco) by Martel Schwichtenberg; Bahlsen lettering based on the founder's signature
- 1950er
Pop-art biscuit tins by Eva Grossberg
- 1958
Op-art biscuit tin by Eva Grossberg
- 2020
Four generations of a family business, over 130 years in existence