Zucchero Canada

Zucchero Canada, distributor of European equipment and ingredients for chocolate and pastry

Zucchero Canada presents itself as a distributor specialising in European-made chocolate machines, professional pastry molds and quality pastry ingredients. The company serves artisan chocolatiers, bakeries, hotels and production facilities in Canada, and sells its catalogue through its online store with prices in Canadian dollars.

Its offering is organised into four main areas: chocolate machines, pastry molds and tools, ingredients and edible products, and technical books. The company describes itself as Canada's official hub for European chocolate and pastry equipment, and states that its solutions are designed for consistency, performance and long-term growth of its customers' businesses.

Chocolate machines and production equipment

The machinery catalogue includes tempering, chocolate enrobing and melting systems, as well as roasting, grinding and refining equipment for bean-to-bar production. Featured equipment includes tempering machines, temperature-controlled chocolate melters, enrobing machines, mixing and coating systems, and filling and dosing machines. The company also sells bakery machinery, such as powerful commercial mixers and a tartlette and choux machine, as well as ice cream and gelato machines.

The firm distributes brands such as Pavoni Italia, Martellato, Chocolate World (Belgium), Mol D'Art, FBM, Boscolo and Pomati Chocolate Technology. Specific items in the catalogue include the Pavoni MiniTemper tempering machine, the Pavoni KT144 and the Martellato Easy Sphere.

Professional molds and pastry tools

Zucchero Canada offers high-precision polycarbonate chocolate molds, silicone molds with innovative designs and professional pastry tools. The mold catalogue includes thermoformed molds, 3D and seasonal molds, and chocolate transfer sheets with standard and seasonal designs.

Silicone molds include those from the Pavoflex and Pavocake collections, as well as single-serving and multi-portion silicone molds. The catalogue features items from renowned pastry chefs, such as Cédric Grolet's 3D molds (Marron, Citron, Noisette), Antonio Bachour's Lovely mold, Frank Haasnoot's Forest mold and Emmanuele Forcone's Beloved mold. Plastic molds for mignon and single portions are also sold, along with special tools such as decorating combs and scrapers, decorative silicone mats, silicone molds for logs and cakes, and cake bands in donut, heart, calisson-ellipse and triangle shapes.

Ingredients and edible products

The ingredients section includes chocolate and cocoa butter, raw cacao beans, cocoa butter, cocoa liquor, cacao nibs and cocoa powder. The company sells single-origin cacao and cocoa butter of Peruvian origin, as well as cacao beans from Venezuela and Ecuador. The catalogue features items such as Sur del Lago Ancestral Criollo Lineage (Venezuela), Hacienda Victoria (Ecuador) and Carenero Superior (Venezuela).

It also offers powdered food colourings, liquid colours, coloured cocoa butter and edible metallic, velvet and pastel sprays. The range is completed by edible decorations for cakes and pastries, such as edible gold and silver, sugar pearls and dragees. It also distributes French Foricher flour for bakery and viennoiserie.

Technical resources and publications

Zucchero Canada publishes practical guides and resources for chocolatiers, bakeries and hotels, focusing on equipment selection, production tips and ingredient knowledge. Available materials include a complete chocolate mold guide, a step-by-step bonbon guide and technical articles on cocoa, such as starting a bean-to-bar business in Canada or choosing cocoa butter for chocolatiers.

The company also sells books for chefs, such as Bachour Gastro and Bachour Buffets by Antonio Bachour, and Obsession by Oriol Balaguer.

Commercial terms and coverage

The online store operates with prices in Canadian dollars and offers shipping to Canada, the United States, Israel, Japan and Singapore, according to the country and currency options available on the site. The catalogue indicates automatic 5% discounts on orders over 500 Canadian dollars. The company offers financing through its website.