Lebkuchen-Schmidt

I was absolutely appalled after reading the ingredients at home (too late, unfortunately). When a product claims to be "original" or "traditional," I expect a recipe that is decades, if not hundreds, of years old, made with ingredients that were available at the time. However, these Lebkuchen contain modern additives like glucose-fructose syrup, waxy corn starch, emulsifiers, invert sugar syrup, sorbitol (among others). I felt deceived by the marketing — this is not what I consider traditional or original. I have no desire to eat such ultra-processed food. The producer even has a dedicated page explaining the product’s contents (https://www.lebkuchen-schmidt.com/de/weihnachtswelt/lebkuchen-wissen/lebkuchen-zutaten-40/), but it highlights only the key spices and other appealing ingredients, claiming using modern technologies for recipes that are hundreds of years old. All the questionable additives are conveniently omitted. I called the hotline and was initially told I could return the purchase. However, after speaking with an employee in the shop and calling the hotline again, I was informed that food purchased in-store cannot be returned. The employee at the shop was polite and offered me some biscuits as compensation. This time, I checked the ingredients and immediately spotted palm oil. I couldn’t help but smile at the irony and politely declined the offer.

I was taking two of my friends who were visiting from abroad to buy traditional German gingerbread . It was embarrassing how one of the employees there behaved. She was all sweet to other customers but she turned to us with a frown and was barely helpful. We weren’t even there long enough for her to act that way to us. Strangest in -store experience.

Friendly staff but I wish shop should have sample product to try

Best Lebkuchen in town ! Always stop by to bring some back home in Paris for family, coworkers, friends and myself 😃

Nice and fresh lebkuchen with friendly service.

Gut

Im größten Stress am heilig Abend stand ein sehr netter Herr allein im Laden! Der Laden brechend voll! Er war super hilfsbereit und hat sogar im Lager noch geschaut ob er das Lebkuchenhaus vielleicht noch vorrätig hat. Hilfsbereit, kompetent, nett und höflich! Gibt es selten!

Super freundliche und ausführliche Beratung zu den verschiedenen Lebkuchen Sorten. Eine große Auswahl an den verschiedensten Produkten der Firma Lebkuchen Schmidt, egal ob in Geschenkverpackung oder den einfachen Bruch. Ich liebe den Elisen Bruch jetzt in der kalten Zeit.