The Rudi Jahnke company

Rudi Jahnke first laid the foundation of the Rudi Jahnke Süsswaren company in Altona. Even today, traditional sweets such as May leaves, raspberry sweets, licorice cross squares, cachou and salmiak drops as well as tasty chocolate salmiak lollipops and chocolate salmiak-lumps originated from Rudi Jahnke's "kitchen". His wife Anna and his son Heinz Peter were his untiring helpers during the then very laborious production of sweets.

History

The company founder, Rudi Jahnke began his apprenticeship as a "sweets cook" in his hometown of Stettin during the 1930s. He moved to Schleswig-Holstein in 1949 and gained experience in various different companies. At the end of the 1970s, Rudi Jahnke founded his own "sweets factory" in Hamburg-Altona.

His son, Heinz Jahnke has been running the family business for more than 25 years. In 1989, the steadily growing company moved to Kaltenkirchen where Jahnke Süsswaren e. K. still has its headquarters today.

Rudi Jahnke Süsswaren e. K.

The tasty sweets continue to be produced according to traditional recipes. However, conditions are now much different than they were during the early days of the company.

Today, our IFS (International Food Standard) certified company is equipped with the most modern production and packing systems. This makes it possible for us to produce economically and efficiently.

A continual improvement in the quality of our products is just as important to us as the development of new products.

The products

Our products are produced according to the highest standards. The intense flavour that you experience is achieved by using ingredients and aromas of the highest quality. The success of our products is confirmed by the praise we receive daily from our customers.

As a result of long years of experience and expertise in the field of licorice specialities, we have rounded off our wide range of products with "Salmiak-Salt Licorice Sweets" and "Traditional" Licorice.

In addition, fruit sweets, in particular our newly developed two-in-one flavoured Euka-Limette and Euka-Cranberry, highlight our highly individual assortment range.

Our confectionary series also continues to increase in popularity. New ideas and products have shown that our presence is indispensable even in the self-service sector.

However, supplying to self-service stores is not the only thing that is important to us. There's hardly a fairground in the whole of northern Germany where you won't find our products. A wide range of bulk market goods is available for retailers.

Corporate responsibility

At Rudi Jahnke Süsswaren e. K., flexibility doesn't just mean product development and production.

We consider it to be very important to not only train and encourage our own "junior staff" in the sophisticated development and production techniques and wholesale and export trade, but also to give them a job afterwards.