Chocolat Kohler

In 1849, Charles-Amédée Kohler bought the municipal sawmill in the Sauvabelin forest where he moved the production of chocolate.

[2] The newly built factory used the hydraulic power of the Flon river to allow the grinding of the cocoa beans.

The installation of a steam engine would replace the hydraulic facility a few years later and allow a considerable development of the factory.

[4] His son Charles-Amédée II also invented the Branche, a praline-filled chocolate and hazelnut bar; the product is described in his recipe book from 1896.

[6] A recurrent advertisement poster showed a wolf attracted by Little Red Riding Hood's basket, the latter being full of Kohler chocolates.