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Responsibly Sourced Cacao, Ethically Made Chocolate
For all the products at Shane Confectionery we use our own ethically made chocolate, responsibly sourcing cacao beans through Uncommon Cacao, and sugar from Itaja Sugar. Most of the chocolate that the world consumes has been at least in part grown, harvested, fermented and dried by exploited laborers, and with disregard to the environment. Uncommon Cacao is a transparent cacao broker who ensures that farmers are paid a premium, and is working towards sustainable future. We know where Shane Chocolate comes from, and who is growing it.
Through making our own chocolate, we hope to highlight the vital work of the farmers, and to honor the long tradition of chocolate making here in Philadelphia.
Our dream is to one day make all of the chocolate for our entire company! But for now, the chocolate products sold through our Franklin Ice Cream brand are made with Guittard chocolate. Through their Cultivate BetterTM Cocoa program, Guittard aims to source sustainable ingredients, and uphold social integrity, by diving deep into their supply chains.
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Sweeteners
Organic, fair trade, naturally vegan, responsibly sourced sugars from Wholesome sugar is used to sweeten Franklin Fountain and Shane Chocolate.
Instead of corn syrup we use tapioca syrup, maple syrup, or honey depending on the application. Our maple syrup is from PA and distributed by Lancaster Farm Fresh Co-Op. Our five rooftop beehives are buzzing with activity most of the year, yielding a delicious honey complex honey that we sell seasonally. This urban apiary is managed by Don Shump of Philadelphia Bee Co. For our products that use honey as an ingredient, we use responsibly sourced Swarm Bustin' honey.
Eggs & Dairy
Shane's Buttercreams and Caramels are made with butter distributed by Stryker Farms located in the Pocono Mountains. Stryker operates on the principle that all animals are entitled to fresh air, sunshine and plenty of open space. The butter is made by cooperative farms in New England & Vermont.
Leiby's(opens in new tab) cream is gathered from local PA farms, and delivered weekly by Cream'O'Land to make our ice cream at The Franklin Fountain.
The eggs we use are organic and cage-free from Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative. All of their eggs are gathered from chickens who are fully pastured and fed only certified organic or non-GMO, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free supplemental feed. They spend their days walking around outside, looking for bugs and plants to eat.
Eggs & Dairy
Shane's Buttercreams and Caramels are made with butter distributed by Stryker Farms here in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Stryker operates on the principle that all animals are entitled to fresh air, sunshine and plenty of open space. The butter is made by cooperative farms in New England & Vermont.
Leiby's cream is gathered from local PA farms, and delivered weekly by Cream'O'Land to make our ice cream at The Franklin Fountain.
The eggs we use are organic and cage-free from Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative. All of their eggs are gathered from chickens who are fully pastured and fed only certified organic or non-GMO, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free supplemental feed. They spend their days walking around outside, looking for bugs and plants to eat.
Nuts
We exclusively and responsibly source hazelnuts from the Hybrid Hazelnut Consortium at local Rutgers University. They are committed to creating a research and breeding program to develop hazelnuts as a widely adapted, high yielding, and low-input sustainable crop.
Our whole nuts are roasted by Wricley Nut in South Philadelphia.
Our pistachio nut butter, used in everything from Pistachio Ice Cream to Pistachio Pralines, is from Nutty Novelties of Telford, PA.
Fruit
Hot Spiced Cider at The Franklin Fountain is from Three Springs Fruit Farm. For the Apple Cider Caramels at Shane Confectionery, we use spiced cider from Mountain Cider Company, a small family operated business in North Chittenden, Vermont.
Berks County Frecon Orchard Peaches, and Lancaster County Mast Farms' Strawberries are cooked by Bauman's into purees for Franklin Ice Creams. They also create the fruit butters that go into our Apple Butter and Pumpkin ice creams.
In the Summertime you can enjoy a scoop of our dairy or vegan Blueberry ice cream, made with Blueberry Bill Farms blueberries of Hammonton, NJ!
Fruit
Hot Spiced Cider at The Franklin Fountain is from Three Springs Fruit Farm. For the Apple Cider Caramels at Shane Confectionery, we use spiced cider from Mountain Cider Company, a small family operated business in North Chittenden, Vermont.
Berks County Frecon Orchard Peaches, and Lancaster County Mast Farms' Strawberries are cooked by Bauman's into purees for Franklin Ice Creams. They also create the fruit butters that go into our Apple Butter and Pumpkin ice creams.
In the Summertime you can enjoy a scoop of our dairy or vegan Blueberry ice cream, made with Blueberry Bill Farms blueberries of Hammonton, NJ!
Grains
We source our large hand twisted pretzels from Shuey’s Pretzel Factory, in Lebanon, PA. Shuey's is a family owned business has been providing customers with hard and soft pretzels since 1927!
All of our flour is organic and from Small Valley Flour Mill in Halifax, PA.
The Franklin Fountain serves soft pretzels from Philly Pretzel Works; opening in 1960, its the oldest soft pretzel company existing in Philadelphia
When we make special malt or barley confections, we love using grains from Deer Creek Malt, Pennsylvania's first malthouse since prohibition.
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Our Coffee Caramels, Coffee Cardamom Bar, Franklin Coffee Ice Cream, and coffee concentrate, is all made with Herman's Coffee, roasted in South Philadelphia.
We use solar evaporated flake sea salt, hand harvested from the Atlantic by Salty Acres in Avalon, NJ, in many of our products. Like our Sea Salt Caramels and Whirly Berley Bars, and Franklin Sea Salt Caramel Ice Cream.
Warwick-Furnace Farms in Chester County, PA grows the certified naturally grown lavender we use in our Lavender Caramels and Franklin Fountain Lavender soda.
We love using local Dad's Hat Whiskey in our Shane Whiskey Caramel!
& More!
Our Coffee Caramels, Coffee Cardamom Bar, Franklin Coffee Ice Cream, and coffee concentrate, is all made with Herman's Coffee, roasted in South Philadelphia.
We use solar evaporated flake sea salt, hand harvested from the Atlantic by Salty Acres in Avalon, NJ, in many of our products. Like our Sea Salt Caramels and Whirly Berley Bars, and Franklin Sea Salt Caramel Ice Cream.
Warwick-Furnace Farms in Chester County, PA grows the certified naturally grown lavender we use in our Lavender Caramels and Franklin Fountain Lavender soda.
We love using local Dad's Hat Whiskey in our Shane Whiskey Caramel!