Handmade chili products from our own open-field cultivation in the Lüneburg Heath: sauces, pestos, spreads, powders, salts and oils.
Chilli Manufaktur - Susanne Menke
Soltau (Lüneburg Heath)New on Amplifa
About the Chilli Manufaktur
The Chilli Manufaktur run by Susanne Menke is a sole proprietorship on an old heath farm in Soltau in the Lüneburg Heath. On a 10,000 m² area, chilies, herbs, fruit and flowers are cultivated; the chilies grow outdoors, only the habaneros in a foil tunnel. Cultivation is done without chemical pesticides, using organic fertilizer, compost and plant manure as well as mixed cropping to promote beneficial insects. Harvesting is done by hand, processing in the farm's own kitchen: every sauce is cooked by ourselves. The product range includes chili sauces, relishes, pestos, bread spreads, chili powder, chili salt, flavored oils, pickled and dried chilies as well as fresh chilies and gift boxes. The products are predominantly vegetarian or vegan and free of preservatives. Sales take place in the farm's own farm shop with tastings and advice as well as via the online shop; delivery is within Germany.
- Site
- Soltau
- Processes
- Farm shop with tastings and advice, personal advice on site, Production of handmade chili products according to our own recipes (cultivation, processing,
- Materials
- Chili from our own cultivation, Herbs and wild herbs, Soltau salina salt, Fruit from our own cultivation
- Founded
- 2007
- Employees
- 1
- Industries
- Food, Agriculture, Delicatessen/Spices
- 01
Seed selection and sowing
- 02
Open-field cultivation without chemical pesticides
- 03
Harvesting by hand
- 04
Drying, grinding or cooking in the farm kitchen
- 05
Filling, labeling, packaging
- 06
Sale in the farm shop and online shop
Cultivation and Processing
Chili from our own cultivation
Untreated chilies from open-field cultivation in the Lüneburg Heath, harvested by hand, in heat levels up to 10.
Herbs and wild herbs
Seasonal garden and wild herbs from our own cultivation for pestos and salt blends.
Soltau salina salt
Unrefined salt from the Lüneburg Heath for chili salts and seasoning salts.
Fruit from our own cultivation
Pears, strawberries and old apple varieties from the orchard meadow for spreads and fruit preparations.
Location
Soltau
DEFarm with cultivation, manufactory (chili kitchen) and farm shop
- Materials
- Chili, herbs, fruit from our own cultivation
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1996
Susanne Menke takes over her parents' farm
- 2007
Start of chili production out of a passion for cooking; founding of the Chilli Manufaktur
- 2011
Conversion of the part-time business into a full-time occupation
- 2019
Planting of an orchard meadow with old apple varieties