In 2004, Zotter won the "Troph é e gourmet" award in the "Unusual products" category.

In 2005, Trend WKO honored Zotter as "Entrepreneur of the year".  And In 2006, Zotter won the "Trigos" award for "Zeichen setzen / the future of children" chocolate, which is specially awarded to socially responsible companies.

In 2006, Josef Zotter won the "Eurochocolate Award" for "Best foreign chocolate maker" in Perugia, Italy;

In 2007, Zotter was commended by Styrian officially and won the "Primus 2007" award, which is a recognition of the success of the company's comeback.;

Since 2007, Greenpeace has been monitoring the retail market: in social and ecological aspects - materials, transportation, packaging, GM and animal welfare - Zotter‘s products have always been listed as "excellent" and it is the only company that obtained "excellent";

In 2008, Zotter won the Trigos Steiermark award due to '' we want quality but not poverty" in Nicaragua;

Andreas H. Gratze who is the packing designer of Zotter won the " iF Packaging Award" in packaging design in 2008

In 2008, the hand-scooped chocolate won the "Best organic Award" at the organic market conference held in Warsaw

In 2009, Andreas H. Gratze and his design were nominated at the design award of the Federal Republic of Germany.

In 2009, the European Commission selected Zotter as the leader of small and medium-sized enterprises in Austria.

In 2010, Zotter was invited to Harvard University. As the only Austrian enterprise invited, Zotter chocolate factory has become a case study of the school.

In 2010, zotter won the '' Trigos Styria" award in the project - Replaces kokaine by cocoa powder. He also won the special victory award for the sustainability of business.

In 2010, Josef Zotter was mentioned in one of the Austria's green life magazines as the the most sustainability potential entrepreneur.

In 2010, Zotter was chosen as the "best enterprise in Styria" that reviewed by 300 people who joined the evaluation, and won the second place in the innovation category.

In 2010, Zotter chocolate theater won the Styria enterprise quality certificate - "erlebniswelt Wirtschaft – made in Styria".

In 2011, Zotter won the Academy of Chocolate silver medal for the best bean-to-bar milk chocolate.

In 2011, in the premium category of AC Nielsen research, Zotter ranked third after Swiss lotus and SecA chocolate.

In 2012, Zotter was nominated in the sustainable development category of the European enterprise award and successfully shortlisted for the third round: National at second place. Today, the evaluation results are still pending.

In 2012, Zotter was rated as one of the eight best chocolates in the world. Georg Bernardini tested 2700 kinds of chocolates from 271 companies in 38 countries around the world, and he wrote the book '' Der Schokoladentester. Zotter is among the best of these companies and ranks first in the world in the author's personal preference ranking.

In 2013, Zotter is awarded the Kennedy Award in London, for being the "Most Creative Chocolate Company".

2013 Josef Zotter becomes an ambassador for the Caritas hospice.

In 2013, Zotter won the European Business Awards in the sustainability category as National Finalist.