Worth knowings
The history of marzipan
Around the marzipan are many myths to the formation and naming. Since marzipan is particularly popular in Germany, it was assumed that the aromatic almond mass was created around 1400 in Lübeck. It is more likely, however, that the first marzipan breads have already been produced much earlier in Persia, today’s Iran.
In Europe the marzipan from almonds and sugar was first known in Spain, Toledo. Here, the marzipan bread still to this day was supposedly made out of a distress.
In the fifteenth century, the saturating marzipan bread then turned into the noble confectionery which the pharmacists were still producing. While only the European nobility came first to benefit from marzipan, the sweet almond dough conquered the hearts of the citizens in the 18th century. Firstly a special treat for Christmas, marzipan today is without the bakeries or the supermarkets without thinking.
To ensure the high quality and purity of marzipan even today, we rely on organic almonds, honey and sugar.