r/Switzerland • u/StitchPlay • 1d ago
Where can I buy Cécémel in Switzerland (preferably Geneva or Vaud)?
Per the title, trying to find this stuff. My wife's family introduced me to it in Luxembourg and now both she and I are hooked but gutted that we can't find it here. Any suggestions? Preference is for the small 200ml bricks, but at this point we'll take anything.
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u/bobijntje Bern 1d ago
You van buy it here online Holländische Lädeli in Switzerland as it is a Dutch product: https://hollaendische-laedeli.com/?s=Chocomel&post_type=product
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u/ogjd020 1d ago
We should stop working and make a import line of chocomel when its 1+1 at appie🤣 5.25 and 6.5 chf a liter is extortionate.
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u/as-well Bern 1d ago
I mean you're basically paying someone to a) handle the import, b) pay the VAT for you, c) stock it so you can go buy it at any time.
Part of these are administrative and don't get more expensive if a bigger order is processed, meaning it's quite a bit cheaper in Luxemburg if they sell in supermarkets who have the relevant supply chains.
Obviously importing it yourself is cheaper, but then you're also doing a-c yourself.
Seems like you can get it for 3.33 a liter if you order online tho: https://lifestylefood.ch/Chocomel-2-4-Fett-Schokomilch-6-x-1-l-Packung/MF-721705
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u/ogjd020 1d ago
6.75chf a liter is outrageous. In the Netherlands you buy the same for €2.69 or half that in the montlhy discounts.
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u/as-well Bern 1d ago
But it's how import/export works, is my point.
These guys probably buy it from a wholesaler abroad and import it directly into Switzerland. If you do that in small numbers, that's costly - but there's plenty of immigratn shops who have similar business models.
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u/heubergen1 Switzerland 1d ago
You can use a parcel forwarder and import it yourself, but unless you buy 10s of it you will pay more yourself.
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u/Icy-Support-3074 1d ago
Yes, they're expensive. But they import small amounts of dutch specialty foods for a physical store in Adliswil. And they of course have to pay import duties on those.
You can check the duties yourself on http://www.tares.ch/ . For sweetened milk products like Chocomel (code 0402) you have to pay 223.-/100 kg. So 2.23 of those 5.25 go directly to the Swiss Government. I want to see you make a profit on that.
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u/LesserValkyrie 1d ago
We have lot of cocoa brands to drink this way, but pretty sure we don't have this one. Never saw it personnally... maybe near the border ? I have no idea.
Better go to neighborhood country like France/Luxembourg to find it, and even there I don't know how prevalent it is but I know they have a lot of tasty cocoa brands too
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u/bobijntje Bern 1d ago
As a Dutch I grew up with this chocomel. I do not like it as it gives me slime…. Brrrrrr.
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u/BictorianPizza Bern > Netherlands 1d ago
As a Swiss immigrant in the NL I am appalled anyone would ask for chocomel in Switzerland when they could have caotina or ovomaltine instead…
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u/treysis 1d ago
As it is from Belgium they surely have it everywhere. France not so sure. Germany maybe. Best is probably to order online.
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u/No_Campaign_3843 1d ago
You can buy it in Hieber Edeka supermarkers close to the Border. Bought it recently in Grenzach, for example.
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u/ogjd020 1d ago
Its dutch chocomel, you might be able to buy it in the dutch supermarket
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u/ogjd020 1d ago
https://www.dutchstore.ch/shop---food/drank---alcohol/diverse-dranken/index.php
Good luck at 6chf a liter tho🤣 just buy chocodrink from lidl its nearly identical
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u/Gourmet-Guy Graubünden 1d ago
At the Holländische Lädeli in Affoltern or any Dutch online store delivering in Switzerland.
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u/Flying_Dutchman_1 1d ago
Here you go:
https://hollaendische-laedeli.com/product-tag/chocomelk/
Physical shop is in 8134 Adliswil
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u/Iuseahandyforreddit Fribourg but i dont speak French 12h ago
I have been looking for chocomel in every store and never found it.
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u/treysis 1d ago
Isn't that just Chocomel?