Guylian

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HOMEPAGE Guylian Belgian Chocolates (https://guylian.com)

Title

Guylian Belgian Chocolates

Meta

Discover the exquisite taste of these world-famous chocolates, each Seashell a small masterpiece with a marbled shell made of dark, white and milk chocolate and a creamy hazelnut praliné filling.

H1 The Original Seashells

H2 The Original Seashells

H2 Our Seashells packaging is 100% recyclable

H3 How are our Seashells made?

H3 Ingredients of the Seashells

H3 Recipes

H4 The Original Seashells

H4 Dark Praliné Seashells

H4 Temptations – wrapped Seahorses

H4 Chocolate Tablets

H4 Fairtrade Cacao

H4 100% ingredients of natural origin

H4 Palm and soy free

H4 Collaborations

H4 Our Story

H4 Where to buy?

H4 Work with Guylian

H4 The Hazelnuts

H4 Cocoa

H5 The Original Seashells

H5 Dark Praliné Seashells

H5 Temptations – wrapped Seahorses

H5 Chocolate Tablets

H5 Fairtrade Cacao

H5 100% ingredients of natural origin

H5 Palm and soy free

H5 Collaborations

H5 Our Story

H5 Where to buy?

H5 Work with Guylian

H6 Chocolate Blackberry Filo cups

H6 Brown Butter Hazelnut Cake

H6 Whoopie Pies

H6 No-churn Ice Cream

H6 Chocolate Chip & Hazelnut Skillet Cookie

H6 Irish Cream Tiramisu

H6 Chocolate nests

H6 Hazelnut chocolate Seashell cake

H6 Guylian Seashell cheesecake

H6 Chocolade Flapjacks

H6 Decadent chocolate trifle

H6 Indulgent hazelnut mousse

H6 Easy cupcakes

H6 Guylian Chocolade Bites

H6 Salted Caramel And Hazelnut Pavlova

H6 Mississippi Mud Pie

H6 Stem Ginger Brownies

H6 Chestnut Cream Chocolate Roulade

H6 Hazelnut Trifles

H6 Toasted Hazelnut & Caramel Choux Wreath

H6 White Chocolate & Raspberry Panna Cotta

H6 Chocolate salted caramel cheesecake tartlets

H6 Chocolate And Vanilla Marble Cupcakes

H6 Chocolate Biscuit Squares

H6 Raspberry Pinwheels

H6 Chocolate Coated Strawberry Marshmallows

H6 Ombre Layer Cake

H6 Eton mess tray bake

H6 Guylian Marble Cake

H6 Guylian Brownies

H6 Guylian Chocolate Filled Brioche

H6 Guylian Hot Chocolate

H6 Guylian Iced Coffee

H6 Guylian Chocolate Milkshake

NAV_HEADER_HEADING_REPEATED_FOOTER Our story – Guylian (https://guylian.com/about-us/)

Title

Our story – Guylian

H1 More than 50 years of expertise in Belgian chocolate

H2 Company

H3 Guy-Lian

H3 The origin of the chocolate Seashells

H3 Construction of the Seashells Production Line

H3 Launch Guylian Opus range

H3 Expansion of the production site

H3 Launch Guylian’s Temptations

H3 Launch Master’s Selection

H3 Construction of the chocolate bars production line

H3 Ambitious relaunch Guylian

H4 The Original Seashells

H4 Dark Praliné Seashells

H4 Temptations – wrapped Seahorses

H4 Chocolate Tablets

H4 Fairtrade Cacao

H4 100% ingredients of natural origin

H4 Palm and soy free

H4 Collaborations

H4 Our Story

H4 Where to buy?

H4 Work with Guylian

H4 Guylian News

H5 The Original Seashells

H5 Dark Praliné Seashells

H5 Temptations – wrapped Seahorses

H5 Chocolate Tablets

H5 Fairtrade Cacao

H5 100% ingredients of natural origin

H5 Palm and soy free

H5 Collaborations

H5 Our Story

H5 Where to buy?

H5 Work with Guylian

H6 1958

H6 1967

H6 1985-1987

H6 1992

H6 1996

H6 2006

H6 2017

H6 2022

📝 The Narrative — clean text per page (Info Density · Semantic Coherence)

HOMEPAGE (https://guylian.com) Guylian Belgian Chocolates

Discover now

[H1] Say it with Guylian
A delightful way to show someone how much they mean to you.

[H1] Our chocolates

[IMG: Seashells]

[H3] Seashells

Discover more

[IMG: Seahorses]

[H3] Seahorses

Discover more

[IMG: Temptations]

[H3] Temptations

Discover more

[IMG: Chocolate tablets]

[H3] Chocolate tablets

Discover more

[H3] Sustainability
Guylian leads the way in sustainability in the world of Belgian chocolate, meaning you can enjoy our iconic Seashells worry-free.

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[H6] 100% Fairtrade Cocoa

All of our chocolate is made with sustainable Fairtrade cocoa. Our farmers are paid a fair wage and price for their product, ensuring equal opportunities for everyone.

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[H6] 100% Natural Ingredients

We only use carefully selected 100% natural ingredients for a sensational flavour.

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[H6] 100% Palm Oil Free

Back in 2018 we decided to replace all of the palm oil in our chocolates. This means our chocolates are healthier, with less saturated fats and sugar, and better for the world around us.

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[H6] Discover our projects

Are you curious to know more about what we do when it comes to sustainability?

Discover more

[H3] Learn more about our factory

See also

Our story

See also

See also

News

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Contact

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[H3] How we create our chocolate

Each iconic Guylian Seashell is crafted with a blend of the finest Belgian dark, white and milk chocolate. And the recipe for our delicious hazelnut praliné filling? That is a well-kept secret amongst our Master Chocolatiers.

VIEW ENTIRE PROCESS

[H3] Recipes

Try our recipes for the most delicious Guylian desserts!

All
Brownie
Cake
Cupcakes
Other
Pie

[IMG: Chocolate Blackberry Filo cups]

[H6] Chocolate Blackberry Filo cups

10 ingredients

[IMG: Brown Butter Hazelnut Cake]

[H6] Brown Butter Hazelnut Cake

15 ingredients

[IMG: Whoopie Pies]

[H6] Whoopie Pies

17 ingredients

[IMG: No-churn Ice Cream]

[H6] No-churn Ice Cream

7 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolate Chip & Hazelnut Skillet Cookie]

[H6] Chocolate Chip & Hazelnut Skillet Cookie

11 ingredients

[IMG: Irish Cream Tiramisu]

[H6] Irish Cream Tiramisu

9 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolate nests]

[H6] Chocolate nests

6 ingredients

[IMG: Hazelnut chocolate Seashell cake]

[H6] Hazelnut chocolate Seashell cake

14 ingredients

[IMG: Guylian Seashell cheesecake]

[H6] Guylian Seashell cheesecake

9 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolade Flapjacks]

[H6] Chocolade Flapjacks

10 ingredients

[IMG: Decadent chocolate trifle]

[H6] Decadent chocolate trifle

8 ingredients

[IMG: Indulgent hazelnut mousse]

[H6] Indulgent hazelnut mousse

5 ingredients

[IMG: Easy cupcakes]

[H6] Easy cupcakes

12 ingredients

[IMG: Guylian Chocolade Bites]

[H6] Guylian Chocolade Bites

10 ingredients

[IMG: Salted Caramel And Hazelnut Pavlova]

[H6] Salted Caramel And Hazelnut Pavlova

11 ingredients

[IMG: Mississippi Mud Pie]

[H6] Mississippi Mud Pie

16 ingredients

[IMG: Stem Ginger Brownies]

[H6] Stem Ginger Brownies

13 ingredients

[IMG: Chestnut Cream Chocolate Roulade]

[H6] Chestnut Cream Chocolate Roulade

9 ingredients

[IMG: Hazelnut Trifles]

[H6] Hazelnut Trifles

21 ingredients

[IMG: Toasted Hazelnut & Caramel Choux Wreath]

[H6] Toasted Hazelnut & Caramel Choux Wreath

14 ingredients

[IMG: White Chocolate & Raspberry Panna Cotta]

[H6] White Chocolate & Raspberry Panna Cotta

17 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolate salted caramel cheesecake tartlets]

[H6] Chocolate salted caramel cheesecake tartlets

16 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolate And Vanilla Marble Cupcakes]

[H6] Chocolate And Vanilla Marble Cupcakes

18 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolate Biscuit Squares]

[H6] Chocolate Biscuit Squares

10 ingredients

[IMG: Raspberry Pinwheels]

[H6] Raspberry Pinwheels

8 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolate Coated Strawberry Marshmallows]

[H6] Chocolate Coated Strawberry Marshmallows

15 ingredients

[IMG: Ombre Layer Cake]

[H6] Ombre Layer Cake

21 ingredients

[IMG: Eton mess tray bake]

[H6] Eton mess tray bake

12 ingredients

[IMG: Guylian Marble Cake]

[H6] Guylian Marble Cake

19 ingredients

[IMG: Guylian Brownies]

[H6] Guylian Brownies

14 ingredients

Easy

[IMG: Guylian Chocolate Filled Brioche]

[H6] Guylian Chocolate Filled Brioche

19 ingredients

Medium

[IMG: Guylian Hot Chocolate]

[H6] Guylian Hot Chocolate

7 ingredients

Easy

[IMG: Guylian Iced Coffee]

[H6] Guylian Iced Coffee

6 ingredients

Easy

[IMG: Guylian Chocolate Milkshake]

[H6] Guylian Chocolate Milkshake

5 ingredients

Easy

[H4] Where can I buy Guylian chocolates?
Find an online store and enjoy them at home!

Order now

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SUB-PAGE (https://guylian.com/sustainability/) Sustainability – Guylian

Sustainability

[H1] Sustainability

[H2] Within Guylian
At Guylian, we do not only want to produce tasty and high-quality products, but also raise the bar with regard to responsible craftsmanship. Several years ago, Guylian chose to concentrate on sustainability and on an ethically responsible production chain. We are proud to announce that Guylian is now the pioneer within the Belgian chocolate industry thanks to the use of 100% Fairtrade cacao in all our chocolates.

[H5] Devoted to chocolate, we care to protect our planet, people and communities.

[H2] Fairtrade Cacao
Since 2022, Guylian is a member of the Fairtrade family and we only work with Fairtrade certified cocoa. By choosing 100% Fairtrade cacao, we guarantee – as first major Belgian chocolate producer – an honest and fixed price for the cacao farmers.

Would you like to learn more about the Fairtrade project? Then you should certainly take a look at 100% Fairtrade purchased cacao below.

[H2] 100% ingredients of natural origin
Sustainability naturally begins with the ingredients. The raw materials we use in our delicious products are of 100% natural origin. This means that they are used directly in the process or undergo a physical process whereby no chemical substances are used in their extraction.

[H5] We have placed sustainability high on our new agenda. With this development, we want to set the tone for all chocolate brands. Guylian has consciously chosen a pioneering role by focusing fully on sustainability in the area of Fairtrade, raw materials, packaging and CO2 emissions.

[H2] Palm and soy free
Palm oil is one of the greatest culprits in deforestation and poses a threat for local biodiversity. In 2018, Guylian decided to combat this and replaced palm oil with shea butter and sunflower oil. All our products are thus palm oil free and also free of soya. Would you like more information about our products? Then click here.

100% Ingredients of natural origin
All our products are made with ingredients of 100% natural origin.

Palm and soya free
All our products are palm and soya free.

GMO free
We do not use genetically modified organisms in any of our products.

No preservatives and colourants
Our products do not contain any preservatives and/or colourants. (Since the start in 1958)

[H2] 100% Fairtrade purchased cocoa.
Since 2022, Guylian is a member of the Fairtrade family and we only work with Fairtrade certified cocoa. By choosing 100% Fairtrade cocoa, we guarantee – as first major Belgian chocolate producer – an honest and fixed price for the cocoa farmers. They receive a guaranteed minimum price which covers the costs of sustainable agriculture.
By offering a Fairtrade premium, Guylian also invests in the production process of the farmers and in their local community. Thanks to this premium – which comes on top of the market price – producers can invest in a more efficient production with improved agricultural techniques, and can also build schools or hospitals which can lead to better education and better healthcare.
Fairtrade is the most recognised and trusted sustainability brand and tries to focus on:
Better prices
Decent work conditions
More trade for small-scale producers
Combating deforestation

[H5] “It is fantastic to see the characteristic Fairtrade logo appearing on Guylian’s packaging in shops throughout the country, which gives chocolate lovers another reason to enjoy a delicious, ethically responsible sweet treat that is produced with the planet in mind and where cacao farmers are treated fairly.”
– Michael Gidney, CEO of the Fairtrade Foundation

[H2] Beyond Chocolate
In addition to our collaboration with Fairtrade, we, at Guylian, are also proud to be one of the partners who signed the Beyond Chocolate Charter in 2018. Beyond Chocolate is a partnership for sustainable Belgian chocolate with the aim of preventing deforestation, stimulating education for future generations and ensuring a liveable income for cacao farmers. As partner of the Charter, we have made the commitment that we shall, by 2025, only make chocolate that is produced with sustainable cacao. Guylian is proud to announce that we have already achieved this aim 3 years before the deadline, thanks to our collaboration with Fairtrade for cacao.
By 2025, the agreements of the Cocoa & Forests Initiative programme must also be respected. Deforestation in Ghana and the Ivory Coast as a result of cacao production for chocolate must end no later than 2030. By then, all cacao farmers must receive a liveable income from their cacao. This is an aim in which Guylian, thanks to its collaboration with Fairtrade, is already doing its bit.

[H2] Other collaborations
Guylian supports the vision and the programmes of the Belgian Association of Chocolates, Biscuits, Confectionery (Choprabisco) and the European Association of Chocolate Manufacturers (Caobisco) to which we belong as manufacturer of Belgian chocolate. Both associations work closely with the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and the “International cocoa initiative” to prevent child labour in cacao growing and at the same time to offer cacao farming families and their communities more opportunities for economic development, to teach farmers about acceptable labour practices and to ensure access to quality education. More information about both organisations can be found at www.cocoainitiative.org and www.worldcocoafoundation.org.

0% Food Waste
Thanks to various initiatives, such as optimising our production process, we at Guylian have only 0.1% (!) food waste. We are striving to reach 0% in the future.

100% Recyclable packaging
All our packaging is 100% recycable.

CO2 neutral
In 2022, we received a CO2-neutral label from CO2logic. Since then, all our electricity is renewable, offset through green power certificates. The remaining carbon emissions are offset through a forest conservation project in Brazil VCS, in partnership with CO2logic, a collaboration that began in 2020.

Green energy & water reduction
Since 2019, we at Guylian use 67,3% less water. Since 2022, we also produce everything at Guylian with 100% renewable energy.

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SUB-PAGE (https://guylian.com/product/seashells/) Seashells – Guylian

Seashells

[H1] The Original Seashells

[H2] The Original Seashells
Our story starts with our iconic Seashells. Discover the exquisite taste of these world-famous chocolates, each Seashell a small masterpiece with a marbled shell made of dark, white and milk chocolate and a creamy hazelnut praliné filling.
Our original chocolates are made with carefully selected ingredients of the highest quality, such as Fairtrade West-African cocoa beans and hand-selected Mediterranean hazelnuts. In Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, we turn these ingredients into our famous hazelnut praliné filling in copper kettles, following the original recipe of our founder, Guy Foubert.

[H3] How are our Seashells made?

VIEW ENTIRE PROCESS

[H3] Ingredients of the Seashells

We stand for the sustainable origin and quality of each ingredient, guaranteeing delicious chocolates for you and a better world for us all.

[H4] The Hazelnuts
Our Mediterranean hazelnuts are grilled in-house in copper kettles, exactly like Guy Foubert, our founder, used to do. This method of grilling and caramelising hazelnuts, under the watchful eye of our Master Chocolatiers, is the key to the typical creamy taste of our praliné filling.

[H4] Cocoa
Our Fairtrade cocoa is sustainably grown in West-Africa and our farmers receive a fair wage offering them equal opportunities. After harvesting the beans, they are dried, ground and turned into cocoa butter. This creates the famous sensational taste of our chocolate, that slowly melts in your mouth.

[H2] Our Seashells packaging is 100% recyclable
Our packaging consists of various parts, all of which are 100% recyclable.

The new packaging is made from 100% FSCE board that comes from sustainably managed forests. This packaging was already recyclable, but by omitting the window we can further reduce the amount of plastic.

Guylian wants to avoid food waste at all times. We take various initiatives for this during the production process, such as the use of a foil around the packaging that is easily removable and recyclable, so that the product stays fresh longer. Thanks to this foil and many other initiatives in our production site, we can proudly state that our food waste is only 0.1%!

You can also contribute to the efforts of preserving the environment, by correctly sorting and recycling all our packaging.

[H3] Recipes

All
Brownie
Cake
Cupcakes
Other
Pie

[IMG: Chocolate Blackberry Filo cups]

[H6] Chocolate Blackberry Filo cups

10 ingredients

[IMG: Brown Butter Hazelnut Cake]

[H6] Brown Butter Hazelnut Cake

15 ingredients

[IMG: Whoopie Pies]

[H6] Whoopie Pies

17 ingredients

[IMG: No-churn Ice Cream]

[H6] No-churn Ice Cream

7 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolate Chip & Hazelnut Skillet Cookie]

[H6] Chocolate Chip & Hazelnut Skillet Cookie

11 ingredients

[IMG: Irish Cream Tiramisu]

[H6] Irish Cream Tiramisu

9 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolate nests]

[H6] Chocolate nests

6 ingredients

[IMG: Hazelnut chocolate Seashell cake]

[H6] Hazelnut chocolate Seashell cake

14 ingredients

[IMG: Guylian Seashell cheesecake]

[H6] Guylian Seashell cheesecake

9 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolade Flapjacks]

[H6] Chocolade Flapjacks

10 ingredients

[IMG: Decadent chocolate trifle]

[H6] Decadent chocolate trifle

8 ingredients

[IMG: Indulgent hazelnut mousse]

[H6] Indulgent hazelnut mousse

5 ingredients

[IMG: Easy cupcakes]

[H6] Easy cupcakes

12 ingredients

[IMG: Guylian Chocolade Bites]

[H6] Guylian Chocolade Bites

10 ingredients

[IMG: Salted Caramel And Hazelnut Pavlova]

[H6] Salted Caramel And Hazelnut Pavlova

11 ingredients

[IMG: Mississippi Mud Pie]

[H6] Mississippi Mud Pie

16 ingredients

[IMG: Stem Ginger Brownies]

[H6] Stem Ginger Brownies

13 ingredients

[IMG: Chestnut Cream Chocolate Roulade]

[H6] Chestnut Cream Chocolate Roulade

9 ingredients

[IMG: Hazelnut Trifles]

[H6] Hazelnut Trifles

21 ingredients

[IMG: Toasted Hazelnut & Caramel Choux Wreath]

[H6] Toasted Hazelnut & Caramel Choux Wreath

14 ingredients

[IMG: White Chocolate & Raspberry Panna Cotta]

[H6] White Chocolate & Raspberry Panna Cotta

17 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolate salted caramel cheesecake tartlets]

[H6] Chocolate salted caramel cheesecake tartlets

16 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolate And Vanilla Marble Cupcakes]

[H6] Chocolate And Vanilla Marble Cupcakes

18 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolate Biscuit Squares]

[H6] Chocolate Biscuit Squares

10 ingredients

[IMG: Raspberry Pinwheels]

[H6] Raspberry Pinwheels

8 ingredients

[IMG: Chocolate Coated Strawberry Marshmallows]

[H6] Chocolate Coated Strawberry Marshmallows

15 ingredients

[IMG: Ombre Layer Cake]

[H6] Ombre Layer Cake

21 ingredients

[IMG: Eton mess tray bake]

[H6] Eton mess tray bake

12 ingredients

[IMG: Guylian Marble Cake]

[H6] Guylian Marble Cake

19 ingredients

[IMG: Guylian Brownies]

[H6] Guylian Brownies

14 ingredients

Easy

[IMG: Guylian Chocolate Filled Brioche]

[H6] Guylian Chocolate Filled Brioche

19 ingredients

Medium

[IMG: Guylian Hot Chocolate]

[H6] Guylian Hot Chocolate

7 ingredients

Easy

[IMG: Guylian Iced Coffee]

[H6] Guylian Iced Coffee

6 ingredients

Easy

[IMG: Guylian Chocolate Milkshake]

[H6] Guylian Chocolate Milkshake

5 ingredients

Easy

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SUB-PAGE (https://guylian.com/about-us/) Our story – Guylian

About Guylian

[H1] More than 50 years of expertise in Belgian chocolate

Our story

[H6] 1958

[H3] Guy-Lian

Born in 1938 in Sint-Niklaas, Guy Foubert was a passionate Belgian chocolatier, but his story alone is not ours. Guylian’s story is a love story. When Guy marries his true love, Liliane, in 1958, the couple merge their passion for the sweetest pleasures, love and chocolate by combining their first names into Chocolaterie Guy-Lian.

[H6] 1967

[H3] The origin of the chocolate Seashells

When Guy and Liliane return home after a relaxing holiday on the Belgian coast, they come up with the idea of making a souvenir in chocolate. The story of Guylian’s chocolate Seafood starts here. Liliane is involved in the design and marbling in white, milk and dark chocolate of the 11 unique moulds, while Guy is completely dedicated to the hazelnut praline filling, which is now known worldwide. The holiday feeling resurfaces with every bite from a chocolate Seashell.

[H6] 1985-1987

[H3] Construction of the Seashells Production Line

In 1985 the construction of the Seashells production line in Sint-Niklaas started, which we still use to make our delicious chocolate Seashells.

[H6] 1992

[H3] Launch Guylian Opus range

An assortment of chocolates based on the most famous operas, each with its own character and full of flavour. Enjoy pralines with a rich truffle or divine creamy filling.

[H6] 1996

[H3] Expansion of the production site

Thanks to the launch of our La Trufflina truffles and assortment boxes, we expanded the production site even further.

[H6] 2006

[H3] Launch Guylian’s Temptations

The iconic Guylian Seahorse, now available in 6 different flavors and individually wrapped.

[H6] 2017

[H3] Launch Master’s Selection

We launched Belgian Master’s Selection, a range of mini pralines in all kinds of surprising flavors such as Pineapple Caramel, Coffee Cardamom and Hazelnut Praliné.

[H6] 2017

[H3] Construction of the chocolate bars production line

In order to follow consumer demand for chocolate bars, we have expanded our production site in Sint-Niklaas with a new production line. On this line, our 100g bars are individually packed in 4 portions of 25g, which ensures that you can always enjoy an extremely tasty chocolate experience.

[H6] 2022

[H3] Ambitious relaunch Guylian

We are pleased to present the renewed Guylian brand. A new packaging that contains references to both our past and present and is also 100% recyclable. Along with this new look & feel, we have made the switch to 100% Fairtrade cocoa in all our products.

Our story continues

[H2] Company
All Guylian chocolate is produced in Sint-Niklaas where our Master Chocolatiers produce up to 75 tons per day in a production unit of 27,000m². Which means that Guylian chocolate is also 100% Belgian chocolate. Guylian employs approximately 175 people in Sint-Niklaas and has offices in Great Britain and Germany.

Guylian is sold in over 100 countries including Europe, Asia, Australia and America. You can find us all over the world in supermarkets, hypermarkets, delicatessens, gas stations and newsagents. Also discover our exclusive Duty Free collection in Travel Retail or duty-free shops. Curious where you can purchase our products online? Then click here.

[H4] Guylian News
Curious about everything we are currently working on?
Feel free to take a look at our news page.

News

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🛡️ Trust Signals — reviews, proof links, trust-theatre flag (Trust & Proof)

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4External proof links (all pages)

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                    "@type": "SearchAction",
                    "target": {
                        "@type": "EntryPoint",
                        "urlTemplate": "https://www.guylian.com/?s={search_term_string}"
                    },
                    "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://www.guylian.com/sustainability/#webpage",
            "url": "https://www.guylian.com/sustainability/",
            "name": "Sustainability - Guylian",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://www.guylian.com/#website"
            },
            "datePublished": "2022-04-01T14:12:57+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2024-01-12T16:07:11+00:00",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://www.guylian.com/sustainability/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "ReadAction",
                    "target": [
                        "https://www.guylian.com/sustainability/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://www.guylian.com/sustainability/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://www.guylian.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Sustainability"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

/product/seashells/

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://www.guylian.com/#website",
            "url": "https://www.guylian.com/",
            "name": "Guylian",
            "description": "Belgian Chocolates",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "SearchAction",
                    "target": {
                        "@type": "EntryPoint",
                        "urlTemplate": "https://www.guylian.com/?s={search_term_string}"
                    },
                    "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "@id": "https://guylian.com/product/seashells/#primaryimage",
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "url": "https://guylian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Rectangle-8.png",
            "contentUrl": "https://guylian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Rectangle-8.png",
            "width": 520,
            "height": 401
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://guylian.com/product/seashells/#webpage",
            "url": "https://guylian.com/product/seashells/",
            "name": "Seashells - Guylian",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://www.guylian.com/#website"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://guylian.com/product/seashells/#primaryimage"
            },
            "datePublished": "2022-03-17T14:28:20+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2023-08-17T13:27:53+00:00",
            "description": "Discover the exquisite taste of these world-famous chocolates, each Seashell a small masterpiece with a marbled shell made of dark, white and milk chocolate and a creamy hazelnut praliné filling.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://guylian.com/product/seashells/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "ReadAction",
                    "target": [
                        "https://guylian.com/product/seashells/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://guylian.com/product/seashells/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://www.guylian.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Seashells"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

/about-us/

{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://www.guylian.com/#website",
            "url": "https://www.guylian.com/",
            "name": "Guylian",
            "description": "Belgian Chocolates",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "SearchAction",
                    "target": {
                        "@type": "EntryPoint",
                        "urlTemplate": "https://www.guylian.com/?s={search_term_string}"
                    },
                    "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://www.guylian.com/about-us/#webpage",
            "url": "https://www.guylian.com/about-us/",
            "name": "Our story - Guylian",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://www.guylian.com/#website"
            },
            "datePublished": "2022-05-16T08:31:49+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2026-04-27T11:51:17+00:00",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://www.guylian.com/about-us/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "potentialAction": [
                {
                    "@type": "ReadAction",
                    "target": [
                        "https://www.guylian.com/about-us/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://www.guylian.com/about-us/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://www.guylian.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Our story"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Your Diagnosis

Before revealing the machine’s verdict, predict the BS score for each signal. Higher = more BS (more fluff, less verifiable substance). Drag each slider, then submit to compare your judgment against the engine.

Information Density 0 / 30

Read the Narrative & headings: do hard facts (prices, dates, numbers) outweigh fluff power-words?

Semantic Coherence 0 / 20

Compare the homepage promise against the sub-page reality. Do they hold the same line?

Trust & Proof 0 / 20

Weigh review mentions against actual external proof links. Claims without verification = theatre.

Commodity Fingerprint 0 / 15

Check headings & narrative against the industry clichés in the setup above.

Identity & Authority 0 / 15

Inspect the schema: is there real Organization/Person identity with sameAs links, or gaps?

Your predicted BS score 0 / 100

💡 Stuck? Reveal the heuristic lens — how the deterministic page-auditor reads each signal (no AI, pure pattern rules)

These are the structural rules a local, deterministic auditor applies — the same lens you can use to judge each signal. They describe what to look for, not this company’s result.

Information Density

Classify each sentence as substantive or hollow. Grounding markers — numbers, currencies, dates, technical units, named entities — outweigh marketing adjectives. When fluff sits right next to hard evidence, the fluff is forgiven.

Semantic Alignment

Pull the main entities out of the H1, then check whether they actually recur through the body. A page that announces one thing and then talks about another drifts. Headings with no real sentences underneath read as pseudo-substance.

Trust & Proof

Count trust words (review, testimonial, rating, verified) against real outbound proof links (Google, Trustpilot, Clutch, G2, Yelp). Lots of trust language with zero verification links is trust theatre. Unlinked logo galleries count against it.

Commodity Fingerprint

Look at how much sentence length varies. Natural writing varies its rhythm; templated or mass-produced copy is statistically uniform. Very low variation reads as commodity content — unless unique named entities break the pattern.

Identity & Authority

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Want to apply this lens yourself? The free BS Indicator Chrome extension runs these heuristic checks live on any page. Bear in mind it is a single-page, deterministic tool — it relies only on pattern rules for the page in front of it and does not perform the cross-page semantic correlation this audit uses, so its readout is a starting lens, not the full verdict.

BS Level

Ecommerce & Online Retail

36.4 Avg BS

Based on 3390 businesses audited.

✓ Less BS than average

Guylian has 8.4 points less BS than the average for Ecommerce & Online Retail.

BS Detector

Ecommerce & Online Retail BS: Guylian (guylian.com)

https://guylian.com 📍 Industry: Ecommerce & Online Retail

28 BS / 100

Expert Verdict

Guylian is a rare example of a heritage brand that has successfully integrated modern ESG metrics without falling into the ‘greenwashing’ trap. The BS score is exceptionally low because the site treats its sustainability and manufacturing data with the same forensic respect as its 1958 origin story. It is a high-substance site that values transparency over trend-chasing.

Info Density Power-words vs. Substance ratio.

27% BS

Semantic Coherence Homepage promise vs. Sub-page reality.

10% BS

Trust & Proof Verifiable evidence vs. Trust Theatre.

25% BS

Commodity Fingerprint Detection of industry clichés/templates.

40% BS

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.

47% BS

BS Reduction Prescription

Implement Organization and Person schema to anchor the Master Chocolatier and founder claims in structured data. Link directly to the CO2logic certification and VCS forest conservation project pages to provide external validation for the carbon-neutral claims. Update the review system to pull in verified third-party data from Trustpilot or Google to address the ‘Review Count: 3’ trust gap. Add a dedicated section or link to the ‘Beyond Chocolate’ annual report to further substantiate the 2025/2030 sustainability roadmap targets.

Industry Match & Score Summary

Industry Classification

The website perfectly aligns with the Ecommerce & Online Retail category, specifically for premium food products. It provides a direct product catalog, store locator, and detailed ingredient/sourcing information typical of a high-end confectionery brand.

“The score of 28 is driven primarily by strong Information Density (8) and Semantic Coherence (2). The points lost were mainly in the Identity and Authority pillar (7) due to missing schema metadata and the Trust pillar (5) due to low visible review counts and a lack of direct outbound proof links for certifications. Overall, it is one of the more substantiative brands in the confectionery space.”

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Analysis Disclosure & Source Attribution

This training module utilizes a snapshot of public data from Guylian, captured on June 20, 2026, to demonstrate how machine logic evaluates different types of business narratives.

Purpose: This data is presented under “Fair Use” / “Educational Exception” for the purpose of forensic semantic analysis, allowing users to compare human intuition against machine-generated evaluations.

Notice to Guylian: This analysis is part of a non-adversarial audit conducted by 1 Euro SEO. The results provided by 1EuroSEO are intended as professional feedback to help improve any website’s machine-readability and authority signals. The 1EuroSEO BS Detection Tool is a free tool, and anyone can test any company to see how their content is interpreted by AI models.

Any company can use the insights for free and improve its voice by comparing it to industry clichés or competitors. When a company has updated its content, it can always submit a new audit request, which will be reflected in a new current score.

To all users: You are encouraged to visit the live site at https://guylian.com to view the most current version of its content and learn from the source what this company is about and what it offers.

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Training Example: Guylian – Review the Data, Give Your Score & Compare to the Real AI Evaluation

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Your Diagnosis

Ecommerce & Online Retail BS: Guylian (guylian.com)