06. Hemp MARZIPAN_1000 — Same Taste, 88% Less Climate Impact

Hemp MARZIPAN_1000. Classic Taste. A Fraction of the Footprint.

Same indulgent marzipan flavour. Same smooth, pliable texture. Same formability in your production line. But made from Swedish organic hemp hearts instead of imported almonds — cutting the climate footprint by 88% while delivering dramatically better nutrition.

Hemp MARZIPAN_1000 is a direct drop-in replacement for almond marzipan in commercial bakery and confectionery production. Your customers taste marzipan. Your supply chain loses 4.75 kg CO₂ per kilo.

The Taste

The classic marzipan note is unmistakable. A trace of natural bitter almond oil delivers the familiar flavour profile, while Hemp_HEARTS_1000 provides a rich, creamy base with a subtle nuttiness that complements rather than competes. The texture is smooth, plastic and fully formable — it pipes, rolls, cuts and moulds exactly as your production expects.

For nut-free production environments, the bitter almond oil can be replaced with vanilla extract and a touch of tonka bean — maintaining indulgence without any tree nut contact.

88% Lower Climate Footprint

Estimated CO₂ equivalents per 1 kg finished product:

- Hemp MARZIPAN_1000: ~0.65 kg CO₂e 

- Almond Marzipan: ~5.4 kg CO₂e

Almonds are among the most water-intensive and carbon-heavy crops in agriculture — imported from drought-stressed monocultures in California and Southern Spain. Swedish hemp requires no irrigation, no pesticides, sequesters carbon during growth, and is cultivated and processed entirely in Sweden. The result is a marzipan with the same taste and an 88% smaller raw material footprint.

Better Nutrition in Every Way

Per 100 g finished product, compared to conventional almond marzipan (50/50 almond/sugar):

Protein: 23.2 g vs 9.0 g (+156%) More than double the protein — turning a confectionery ingredient into a genuine nutritional contributor.

Sugar: 20.6 g vs 48.0 g (−57%) Less than half the sugar. Naturally drives lower sugar content in finished bakery products — semla, pastries, cakes, confectionery.

Omega-3: 6.9 g vs trace One of the only confectionery ingredients that naturally delivers significant omega-3. Completely absent in almond marzipan.

Energy: ~540 kcal · Fat: ~41.8 g · Fibre: ~2.9 g · Vegan · Gluten-free

Zero Allergens

Free from all 14 EU-declarable allergens — including tree nuts. This opens market segments that almond marzipan physically cannot enter: schools, hospitals, airlines, allergy-friendly retail lines, and institutional catering where nut-free is a requirement, not a preference.

Four Ingredients. Clean Label.

- Hemp_HEARTS_1000 (organic shelled hemp seeds) — 73.5%

- Icing sugar — 20.6%

- Rapeseed oil — 5.9%

- Natural bitter almond flavouring — trace

- No emulsifiers. No stabilisers. No preservatives. No artificial flavours.

Applications

A direct replacement for almond marzipan in every application:

- Semla and pastry fillings — same plasticity, same piping behaviour

- Cake covering and decoration — rolls, shapes and moulds as expected

- Confectionery and pralines — cuts cleanly, holds form

- Seasonal products — Christmas, Easter, Midsummer

- Allergy-friendly product lines — schools, healthcare, airlines, retail

- Climate-labelled and sustainability-positioned products

Packaging and Shelf Life

Available in 1 kg, 5 kg and 25 kg vacuum-packed units. Shelf life: 6 months refrigerated (+4°C), 12 months frozen. Vacuum packaging is essential — hemp's omega-3 content is oxidation-sensitive.

Produced in Sweden

Hemp MARZIPAN_1000 is made from Hemp_HEARTS_1000 — organic shelled hemp seeds processed in Hemisphere's FSSC 22000 certified facility in Arlandastad, Sweden. EU Organic certified. Full batch traceability from Swedish field to finished marzipan.

Order Samples

Interested in testing Hemp MARZIPAN_1000 in your bakery or production? We supply evaluation samples with full nutritional data and technical specifications.

Contact us: agnes@hemisphere.se Factory visits welcome — Voltgatan 22, 195 60 Arlandastad, Sweden hemisphere.se