The challenge
99% of the charcoal consumed in Switzerland for barbecue purposes is imported from all over the world, often from illegal logging and fraught with exploitation. Analyses by WWF Switzerland show that the wood declarations are often false, insufficient or misleading and still contain tropical wood and for several products the risk of illegality and/or overexploitation cannot be excluded.
At Olis Kohle, we want you to be sure where the wood comes from. That's why all our charcoal is made in Switzerland, with Swiss wood, all within a 20 km radius.
A large part of these charcoals are produced with outdated processes, these are harmful to the environment and humans, in the production and the consumer himself. Poor charring produces toxic chemical compounds which are carcinogenic. In principle, it can be said that if the coal smokes, then it is of low quality.
At Oli's charcoal, all charcoal is produced at high temperatures and with high quality wood, so you can be sure that you do not take any risk and get a high quality product.
When I learned about these problems, we were shocked and wanted to change it. What started as a university project has now turned into a company we are proud of.
