Odense Marcipan

Why it is renowned

Odense Marcipan is one of the largest marzipan makers in the world, and its products are sold in about 25 countries, among them Japan, Germany, Dubai and the United States.¹² Around 60 percent of what it makes is exported.³ It has been purveyor to the Royal Danish Court since 1961 and is on the Court's list of purveyors; the Court is phasing these titles out by the end of 2029.⁴⁵⁶ Bakers and confectioners abroad use its marzipan: in Japan in Danish pastry, in the United States in apple pie.²

Recognition

• Purveyor to the Royal Danish Court⁵1961Royal warrant held by Odense Marcipan A/S

The story

In 1909 Lauritz Thobo-Carlsen, a bookkeeper, bought a small marzipan factory in Dronningensgade in Odense; its customers were bakers and confectioners.⁴ The Norwegian group Orkla bought it in 1991, and after Orkla bought the Swedish marzipan maker KÅKÅ in 1999 it gathered all its marzipan production in Odense.³⁴ Besides marzipan the company makes nougat, chocolate and nut products; its work with nuts led to KiMs salted peanuts in 1963.³⁴

What to know it by

• Marcipankugler⁷Marzipan balls in chocolate: original, licorice, salted caramel and lemon