Cadbury Chocolate Factory Tour

A chocoholics daydream - Step into the warehouse at the Cadbury factory in Dunedin. The official Cadbury World tour of that factory. About 3,500 tonnes of the stuff piled from floor to ceiling on hundreds of palettes.  Inside the factory, one is not allowed to take pictures.

Cadbury World is the visitor experience attached to the confectionery factory located on Cumberland Street, about halfway between two of Dunedin's most famous locations: the Octagon and the railway station.

The experience begins with a display on the origins of chocolate and the associated industry, with lots of fascinating insights into human sacrifices among the historic cultures of south America, chocolate as a medicine and favored drink of the nobility.

Once we have finished browsing, the tour proper starts. There was a DVD presentation of the history of Cadbury and the Dunedin location in particular, as well as a short safety message.


Then bags and jewellery are safely stowed away in a secure locker. A guide brought us through various parts of the factory, where you can see many of the production processes that turn cocoa beans into those tasty snacks. We also had free samples of chocolates.

As a special fashion bonus, all of us had to wear a rather fetching paper hat. It keeps hairs out of the chocolate.

The factory produces chocolates of all shapes and sizes, from individual chocolate buttons to massive 12.5kg chocolate bricks for trade use. The guide's talks were supplemented by regular video presentations and posters. The tour highlight is to witness a tonne of melted chocolate fall through a deep silo before your very eyes.