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Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG Type Aktiengesellschaft Traded as SIX : LISN SIX : LISP Industry Confectionery Founded 1845 Founder David Sprüngli - Schwarz Rudolf Sprüngli - Ammann Headquarters Kilchberg, Switzerland Key people Ernst Tanner ( Chairman ) Dieter Weisskopf ( CEO ) Products Chocolate, confectionery, ice cream Revenue 3.65 billion CHF ( 2015 ) Net income 381 million CHF ( 2015 ) Number of employees 13,180 ( 2015 ) Subsidiaries Ghirardelli Russell Stover Caffarel Hofbauer Küfferle Website www.lindt.ch www.lindt-spruengli.com/investors/ Headquarters and factory in Kilchberg, Zürich Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, more commonly known as Lindt, is a Swiss chocolatier and confectionery company founded in 1845 and known for its chocolate truffles and chocolate bars, among other sweets. Contents 1 History 1.1 Founding and early years 1.2 Expansion 1.3 Recent developments 2 Factories 3 Lindt Chocolate Cafés 4 Products 4.1 Lindor 4.2 Seasonal confectioneries 4.3 Chocolate bars 4.4 Petits desserts 4.5 Liqueurs 4.6 Ice cream 5 Criticism 6 See also 7 References 8 External links History Founding and early years David Sprüngli Share of the Chocoladefabrik Lindt & Sprüngli AG, issued 1 September 1930 The origins of the company date back to 1836, when David Sprüngli - Schwarz and his son Rudolf Sprüngli - Ammann bought a small confectionery shop in the old town of Zürich, producing chocolates under the name David Sprüngli & Son. Two years later, a small factory was added that produced chocolate in solid form. In 1845, they moved to the Paradeplatz. With the retirement of Rudolf Sprüngli - Ammann in 1892, the business was divided between his two sons. The younger brother David Robert received two confectionery stores that became known under the name Confiserie Sprüngli. The elder brother Johann Rudolf received the chocolate factory. To raise the necessary finances for his expansion plans, Johann Rudolf converted his private company into `` Chocolat Sprüngli AG '' in 1899. In that same year, he acquired the chocolate factory of Rodolphe Lindt in Bern, and the company changed its name to `` Aktiengesellschaft Vereinigte Berner und Züricher Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli '' ( United Bern and Zurich Lindt and Sprungli Chocolate Factory Ltd. ). Expansion In 1994, Lindt & Sprüngli acquired the Austrian chocolatier, Hofbauer Österreich, and integrated it, along with its Küfferle brand, into the company. In 1997 and 1998, respectively, the company acquired the Italian chocolatier Caffarel and the American chocolatier Ghirardelli, and integrated both of them into the company as wholly owned subsidiaries. Since then, Lindt & Sprüngli has expanded the once - regional Ghirardelli to the international market. On 17 March 2009, Lindt announced the closure of 50 of its 80 retail boutiques in the United States because of weaker demand in the wake of the late - 2000s recession. Recent developments After Lindt recorded net profits of $4.7 million in the 2011 calendar year, the marketing team stated that its market share amounted to 29 %, surpassing its previous years. On 14 July 2014, Lindt bought Russell Stover Candies, maker of Whitman 's Chocolate, for about $1.5 billion, the company 's largest acquisition to date. Factories Lindt & Sprüngli has six factories : Kilchberg, Switzerland ; Aachen, Germany ; Oloron - Sainte - Marie, France ; Induno Olona, Italy ; Gloggnitz, Austria ; and Stratham, New Hampshire, in the United States. The factory in Gloggnitz, Austria, manufactures products under the Hofbauer & Küfferle brand in addition to the Lindt brand. Caffarel 's factory is located in Luserna San Giovanni, Italy, and Ghirardelli 's factory is located in San Leandro, California, in the United States. Lindt chocolate cafés Lindt shop in Leeds Lindt has opened eight chocolate cafés in Australia : four in Sydney and four in Melbourne. The cafés ' menu offers breakfast and lunch, but mostly focuses on chocolate and desserts. They also sell handmade chocolates, macaroons, cakes, and ice cream. Sydney : The first café opened at Martin Place in 2004. The second store opened in Cockle Bay Wharf in Darling Harbour in 2006. The third store is located in George Street and opened in 2007. A fourth store opened in Westfield Miranda in 2008. In December 2014, employees and customers in the Martin Place café were held hostage by a gunman, resulting in the deaths of two hostages and the perpetrator. Melbourne : Lindt opened a flagship chocolate café at 271 Collins Street in July 2009, and a second store at Chadstone Shopping Centre in August 2009. In June 2011, Lindt opened their third café on Chapel Street in South Yarra and their fourth in November on Southbank. United States : Wrentham, Massachusetts is in the early stages of planning the first chocolate café in the U.S. Products Lindor Lindor milk chocolate truffles in red wrappers A Lindor dark chocolate truffle in a blue wrapper Originally, Lindor was a truffle ball that Lindt & Sprüngli introduced in 1949. Lindor is a type of chocolate produced by Lindt, which is now characterized by a hard chocolate shell and a smooth chocolate filling. It comes in both a ball and a bar variety, as well as in a variety of flavours. Each flavour listed below has its own wrapper colour : Colour Flavour Black Extra Dark ( 60 % cocoa outside and dark chocolate filling ) Black with Ghosts ; White and Blue Snowmen ; Lime Green with Pink, Purple, and Yellow Flowers and Butterflies ; Lime Green with White and Yellow Flowers ; Red with Hearts Milk outside with smooth white filling ( seasonal flavour ) Black with Green Dark Peppermint ( Limited Edition ) Blue Dark Chocolate Brown Hazelnut Brown and Gold ( with print ' St Moritz ' ) Milk chocolate shell filled with sugared hazelnut chunks Dark Brown ( with print ' Café ' ) Mocha Dark Green with Red Peppermint Gold and White White Chocolate Gold with Blue Cinnamon Red Milk Chocolate Light Blue Stracciatella : white chocolate shell with cocoa pieces with a smooth white filling Light Brown ( with print ' Peanut Butter ' ) Peanut Butter Light Pink Irish Cream Light Pink ( with print ' Strawberries and Cream ' ) Strawberries and Cream Light Purple Almond Case Lime Green Lemon ( Limited Edition ) Amber Mango and Cream ( Limited Edition ) Orange Dark chocolate shell filled with orange chocolate filling Deep Pink Raspberry Green Mint Purple Vanilla Turquoise Coconut White with Gold Marc De Champagne Sky Blue Sea Salt Sky Blue with White Stripe ( with print ' Latte ' ) Milk and Cereal Crunch Bronze ( with print ' Caramel ' ) Caramel Dark Aqua Sea Salt & Caramel Most of the US Lindor truffles are manufactured in Stratham, New Hampshire. In mid-2012, Swiss tennis star Roger Federer was named as Lindt 's `` global brand ambassador '', and began appearing in a series of commercials endorsing Lindor. Seasonal confectioneries Display of Lindt chocolate bunnies Gold Bunny ( Goldhase ) advertisement on the Zürichsee - Schifffahrtsgesellschaft ( ZSG ) ship Wädenswil in Zürich Lindt also produces the Gold Bunny, a hollow milk chocolate rabbit in a variety of sizes available every Easter since 1952. Each bunny wears a small coloured ribbon bow around its neck identifying the type of chocolate contained within. The milk chocolate bunny wears a red ribbon, the dark chocolate bunny wears a dark brown ribbon, the hazelnut bunny wears a green ribbon, and the white chocolate bunny wears a white ribbon. Other chocolates are wrapped to look like carrots, chicks, or lambs. The lambs are packaged with four white lambs and one black lamb. During the Christmas season, Lindt produces a variety of items, including chocolate reindeer ( which somewhat resemble the classic bunny ), Santa, snowmen figures of various sizes, bears, bells, advent calendars, and chocolate ornaments. Various tins and boxes are available in the Lindt stores, the most popular colour schemes being the red and blue. Other seasonal items include Lindt chocolate novelty golf balls. For Valentine 's Day, Lindt sells a boxed version of the Gold Bunny, which comes as a set of two kissing bunnies. Other Valentine 's Day seasonal items include a selection of heart - shaped boxes of Lindor chocolate truffles. Chocolate bars Lindt sells a variety of chocolate bars. Flavours from the Excellence range include : Mint Intense : dark chocolate infused with mint Orange Intense : dark chocolate infused with orange essence and almond flakes Black Currant : dark chocolate infused with pieces of black currant and almond slivers White Coconut : white chocolate with crisp flakes of fine coconut Coconut : dark chocolate with crisp flakes of coconut Almond : white chocolate with whole roasted almonds and caramelised almond pieces Poire Intense : pear flavoured chocolate with almond flakes Pineapple : dark chocolate with pineapple pieces and caramelised hazelnut pieces Cherry Intense Regular Dark Chocolate : available in 50 %, 60 %, 70 %, 85 %, 90 %, or 99 % cocoa varieties Extra Creamy : milk chocolate Toffee Crunch : crunchy toffee bits wrapped in milk chocolate Caramel Crunchy : studded with crunchy caramel Lindor : the famous balls but in cube form Wasabi : an East Asian - inspired dark chocolate mixed with wasabi Pistachio : milk chocolate with creamy pistachio filling Mandarin : milk chocolate with creamy mandarin filling Strawberry : milk chocolate with creamy white chocolate strawberry filling Strawberry Margarita : capsule form with strawberry and margarita filling White Strawberry : white chocolate with strawberry pieces Orange : milk chocolate with creamy orange - flavoured filling Cuba : 55 % cocoa, single - origin Cuban cocoa Madagascar : 70 % cocoa, single - origin Madagascan cocoa Ecuador : 75 % cocoa, single - origin Ecuadoran cocoa Vanilla : white chocolate with vanilla beans Coffee Chili : 70 % - cocoa dark chocolate with red chili extract Raspberry Intense Dark : dark chocolate with pieces of raspberries and almond slivers A Touch of Sea Salt : dark chocolate seasoned with fleur de sel Petits desserts Lindt 's `` Petits Desserts '' range embodies famous European desserts in a small cube of chocolate. Flavours include : Tarte au Chocolat, Crème Brulée, Tiramisu, Creme Caramel, Tarte Citron, Meringue, and Noir Orange. Lindt makes a `` Creation '' range of chocolate - filled cubes : Milk Mousse, Dark Milk Mousse, White Milk Mousse, Chocolate Mousse, Orange Mousse, and Cherry / Chili. Liqueurs Bâtons Kirsch are Lindt Kirsch liqueur - filled, chocolate - enclosed tubes dusted in cocoa powder. Ice cream In Australia, Lindt manufactures ice cream in various flavours : 70 % Dark Chocolate White Chocolate Framboise Sable Cookies and Cream Chocolate Chip Hazelnut White Chocolate and Vanilla Bean Criticism This section has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This section may lend undue weight to certain ideas, incidents, or controversies. Please help to create a more balanced presentation. Discuss and resolve this issue before removing this message. ( November 2017 ) The neutrality of this section is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met. ( November 2017 ) In September 2017, an investigation conducted by NGO Mighty Earth found that a large amount of the cocoa used in chocolate produced by Lindt and other major chocolate companies was grown illegally in national parks and other protected areas in Ivory Coast and Ghana. The countries are the world 's two largest cocoa producers. The report documents how in several national parks and other protected areas, 90 % or more of the land mass has been converted to cocoa. Less than four percent of Ivory Coast remains densely forested, and the chocolate companies ' laissez - faire approach to sourcing has driven extensive deforestation in Ghana, as well. See also List of bean - to - bar chocolate manufacturers References Jump up ^ `` Group Management '' ( in German ). 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Question: what flavor is the light blue lindt truffle
Answer: Stracciatella: white chocolate shell with cocoa pieces with a smooth white filling