J.G. Niederegger GmbH & Co. KG is acknowledged as one of the world's best producers of marzipan

Marzipan

Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal. Persipan is a similar, yet less expensive product, in which the almonds are replaced by apricot or peach kernels...

 and sweets. It is based in Lübeck

Lübeck

The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...

, Germany

Germany

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Niederegger was founded by Johann Georg Niederegger on 1 March 1806 in Lübeck and is since famous for their marzipan for about 200 years. The company is a family-owned limited private partnership.

Niederegger marzipan is classed as 100% marzipan and contains much less sugar in comparison to other marzipan makers.

In the town center of Lübeck, the always-crowded Café Niederegger offers a café, a shop for Niederegger sweets, and a marzipan museum on its upper floors.