Scho-Ka-Kola Caffeine Rich German Dark Chocolate Tin

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So, where is the primary evidence of Panzerschokolade? As far as I can tell, there isn’t any. Are there any photos of Nazi tank crews passing around a bar and chowing down? No. Do any museums have a tattered wrapper on display as a fascinating curio? Nope. What about a diary entry from a Wehrmacht soldier where he details perking up after munching on some meth-laden confectionary? Not to my knowledge. A fake image of a supposed “Panzerschokolade“(tank chocolate) in combination with our trademarked Zotter lettering has been circulating on the Internet for many years now, resembling a Zotter hand-scooped chocolate. According to the image, the chocolate should contain laurel and pervitin, a drug containing methamphetamine, which was handed out to soldiers during the Second World War to make them more efficient – ‘handmade in the Hermann Göring chocolate factory’. However, this Panzerschokolade never existed. During the Second World War, the Nazis gave their soldiers meth, aka the drug methamphetamine. No one is disputing that. What is however worth disputing is the delivery mechanism of that meth – specifically, the existence of so-called “Panzerschokolade”. According to legend, the Nazis mixed meth with chocolate to create “tanker’s chocolate”. The only problem is, there is no evidence to suggest that this tanker’s chocolate ever existed. Scho-Ka-Kola (for Schokolade– Kaffee– Kolanuss) was created in 1935 and patented by the Hildebrand, Kakao- und Schokoladenfabrik manufacturer, established by chocolatier Theodor Hildebrand (1791-1854) in Alt-Berlin. It was introduced at the 1936 Summer Olympics as a performance-enhancing energy "Sport Chocolate" (German Sportschokolade). It was also produced by the chocolate manufacturer B. Sprengel & Co. in Hannover, who in 1936 was recognized as an important pre-war economy operation, as well as produced by other German chocolate manufacturers. Scho-Ka-Kola is not for children. The taste is strong and the bits are separated so you don't have to use your bloody bayonet for the job. It is also a valid currency for bribing others in the field. If you are expecting some kind of Easter egg milk chocolate, this is not for you! The long history told short

Scho-Ka-Kola is a German brand of chocolate consumed for its strong caffeine and kola nut mix. The chocolates have a caffeine content of about 0.2 percent, which is derived from the cocoa content of 58 percent and the addition of 2.6 percent roast coffee and 1.6 percent kola nut. The chocolate is divided into wedges held in a round metal canister. The red-and-white container design and recipe have changed very little since the original launch in 1936. Six pieces of Scho-Ka-Kola contain about as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. In numbers, one tin (100g) contains 200mg of caffeine. Botanically speaking, the kola nut is not a nut or legume, but a seed. We advise people with tree nut or legume allergies to be cautious in any case. Below are the ingredients and nutritional values for each. The image shows a wrapper for Panzerschokolade, made by the confectionary company Zotter. However, it is a fake. We know that it’s fake for several reasons. Firstly, the text roughly translates as “Panzer chocolate: with laurel and Pervitin. Handmade in the Hermann Göring Chocolate Factory”. It won’t surprise you to learn that the Hermann Göring Chocolate Factory never existed (Hermann Göring’s name was used for an industrial complex during the second world war, but that’s another story). Is there secondary evidence for the existence of Panzerschokolade? Yes there is. In his book “Shooting Up: A History of Drugs in Warfare”, Łukasz Kamieński, an associate professor at Krakow’s Jagiellonian University writes:

Scho-Ka-Kola is a dark, bitter, and strong chocolate, originally developed for sports. During WW2, Scho-Ka-Kola was a part of the aviator's iron ration and was widely issued alongside normal food distribution to the army. Getting chocolate would boost morale but soldiers' diaries also have mentioned that it would often also mean trouble ahead.

A container of 100 grams has a caffeine content of about 200mg. Since each container contains 16 individual embossed portions, each portion has a caffeine content of about 12.5mg. Amphetamine was first made in Germany in 1887 by the Romanian chemist Lazăr Edeleanu and methamphetamine (meth) was first synthesised a few years later in 1893 by Japanese chemist Nagai Nagayoshi. By 1938, the pharmacology of meth was fairly well understood, and it was sold and marketed as a non-prescription drug in Germany under the brand name Pervitin. It was known to heighten alertness, increase risk taking and suppress the appetite. The tin box is shaped perfectly for field use, strong, and easy to open and close. When emptied, the boxes have plenty of uses e.g. for storing coins, RPG dices, or a Boresnake and other such cleaning systems. Even your own imagination is not the limit as you can imitate others! The tin box is shaped perfectly for field use, strong, and easy to open and close. When emptied, the boxes have plenty of uses e.g. for storing coins, RPG dices, or Boresnake and other such cleaning systems. Even your own imagination is not the limit as you can imitate others! Cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, coffee (2.6%), whole milk powder, kola nut powder (1.6%), soy lecithin (emulsifier), E476 (emulsifier), flavor. May contain traces of hazelnuts, almonds and gluten.In addition to the usual bittersweet dark chocolate in a red-and-white container, there is also a milk chocolate variant in a blue-and-white container and a milk chocolate hazelnut variant in a green-and-white container. Scho-Ka-Kola is a German brand of special chocolate consumed for its s trong caffeine and kola nut mix. Each tin contains 16 melt-in-the-mouth wedges of SCHO-KA-KOLA. 12.5 mg natural caffeine extracts from cocoa, cola nuts and coffee, and a mental boost for more energy and concentration (200 mg caffeine per tin). Bittersweet chocolate (Cocoa 58% min.), With coffee and cola-nut powder. Ingredients: Cocoa mass, sugar, Cocoa butter, coffee (2.6%), whole milk powder, cola-nut powder (1.6%), Emulsifiers soy Lecithin + E 476, flavor. May contain traces of hazelnuts, almonds and gluten. Nutrition facts Od roku 2014 je u čokolád Scho-ka-kola místo sójového lecitinu nově používán slunečnicový lecitin. Ten je oproti sójovému vhodný i pro alergiky, a navíc pochází ze slunečnic vypěstovaných v Evropě, čímž společnost podporuje místní zemědělství.

Methamphetamine was dispersed in the form of chocolate bars too – as Fliegerschokolade (flyer’s chocolate) for pilots and as Panzerschokolade (tanker’s chocolate) for panzer crews. In 2013, we urged people to come up with new uses and modifications for Scho-Ka-Kola canisters. See the results in the picture gallery! It's all in Finnish but the images speak for themselves. Product info