Chinotto Tomarchio BIO is produced without preservatives, using water from Etna, chinotto extract, burnt sugar and citric acid. Its unique selling points are its sincerity, precision and natural flavors. A light amber color, it unveils a full-bodied fizziness before releasing aromas of fresh citrus, cinchona, bitter roots (like gentian), botanical herbs, balsamic hints and floral whiffs. On the palate it's...
Cibaria is a veteran business that deals in a range of food specialties, from producing cured meats to selecting cheeses, cod and traditional products from the Lazio region. Ever since its founding in 1976 on the shores of Lake Albano (in Castel Gandolfo), the firm has carried on the work of promoting and distributing outstanding Italian food products, drawing on...
Drawing on certified supply chains, Cillo has been bringing the best Italian and international meats to dinner tables and top restaurants, pubs, pizzerias and steakhouses since 1985, all under the Le Scelte da Sabatino brand. Excellent meats (including pork from ancient native breeds, like the Caserta and Apulo Calabrese / Nero Lucano pigs) are transformed into delicious frankfurters, hamburgers and...
The Piemonte Caffarel line draws on a skillful combination of prized Gianduia chocolate and select, whole hazelnuts, artfully roasted. Available in various shapes and sizes (praline, bars and bite-size), one would be hard pressed to find an equal. Their Mini Hobo Piemonte Classico is an elegant, 215g gift box that contains exquisite Piemonte Classico chocolates, making it a great gift...
Founder Ciro Flagella was a food merchant who, during one of his trips, discovered a variety of San Marzano tomato grown in Puglia and decided to devote his work to it. He passed on this legacy to his son, who's carrying on his father's wisdom and preparing the tomatoes entirely by hand. Careful handling at each processing stage is the...
This beautiful and enticing cake features a white icing that recalls the traditional Italian "colomba", an Easter specialty. Thanks to skillful leavening and baking, it's well developed and has a nice color. The pistachio dough makes for a subtle sponginess and aromatic sensations that prove decisive but delicate on the palate. The texture is soft, silky and easy to chew,...
Well-leavened and tall, with a white glaze that's sprinkled with whole pistachios, Bonfissuto's pistachio Colomba is made with type 0 soft wheat flour, butter, liquid butter, egg yolk from free-range chickens, sugar, honey, fructose, natural sourdough, Madagascar vanilla beans, and natural flavors. It's a fragrant, buttery product with pleasantly soft dough. A spreadable pistachio cream is included for those who...
Inglima Pistachio Colomba boasts an unmistakable green color because pistachio paste is an integral part of its soft dough, which undergoes a slow natural leavening process using sourdough starter. The chocolate coating, flavored with pistachio paste made in the Canicattì laboratory, proves to be an essential touch. Another highlight is the jar of spreadable cream (35% pistachio), perfect for slathering...
Their strawberry compote is made of 75% strawberries (from Piedmont) sweetened with concentrated grape juice. Lemon juice is added to correct acidity, while vegetable fibers and pectin serve as thickeners. A vivid, though dark, carnelian red, to the eye its texture is soft, full-bodied and even. Aromatically it's fresh and decisive. In the mouth it reveals a mid-range aromatic persistence...
A classic strawberry jam: forthright, approachable, with clean, balanced sensations, made without thickeners. Its texture is slightly "homemade", while its dark color (tending towards bronze) gives it an authentic, rustic look. But its strength lies in its aromas and flavors. Clear, distinctive fragrances of good, ripe strawberry bottled fresh and in a way that's respectful of the fruit. The flavor...
Conad is a leading supermarket chain. Over the years, the firm has developed a wide variety of its own, private-label products so as to respond to customer needs and tastes. Conad "logo rosso", a best-selling brand, aims to satisfy customer needs across a wide range of products for daily consumption, with over 3,700 items standing out for their quality, price...
Conad is a leading supermarket chain. Over the years, the firm has developed a wide variety of its own, private-label products so as to respond to customer needs and tastes. Their Sapori&Dintorni line expresses the best of traditional regional gastronomy. With over 420 products from 20 Italian regions, it offers a wide range of carefully selected specialties, made with local,...
This jam has a vibrant ruby red color. You can see, smell and taste the freshly processed cherries. Bewitching aromas of cooked fruit combine with perfectly balanced sweet and sour flavors, a trademark of the wild visciola. For every 100 grams of product, 140 grams of fruit and only 68 grams of sugar are used.
The visciola is a variety of wild cherry with intense, marked flavors similar to sour cherry. Brezzo's "extra" jam is made with the finest seasonal visciola cherries and cane sugar. The fruit content is exceptionally high (120%), with 120 grams of visciola cherries used to produce 100 grams of jam. Low-temperature, vacuum processing retains the product's fresh-picked, fruit flavors. An...
After six months of slow curing in an underground cellar using an accomplished blend of a few, fine ingredients, all in accordance with production regulations, Coppa becomes "Piacentina" and is entitled to the "Protected Designation of Origin DOP" label. Slicing reveals a bright red color interspersed with white, sometimes pinkish, marbled parts. Delicate aromas contrast with a highly expressive palate:...
Classically fragrant and with an unmistakable flavor, the producer's Corallina, from the "I Salumi di San Rocco" line, is made with fresh pork from pigs born, raised, and butchered in Italy, and preserved in natural casing (completely allergen-free). The mixture is flavored with natural ingredients like wine, garlic, black pepper, and very little salt, a blend that's expertly and artfully...
Based in the heart of Monte Amiata, this historical producer has over a century of history behind it. Indeed, Corsini was founded in 1921 by Corrado and Solidea, who spawned a long tradition that would be handed down from one generation to the next. Over time the original business was expanded and modernized, without ever losing its artisan bent and...
The name is a tribute to the 1960s, when the groceries were done exclusively in local shops and delis, long before supermarkets were conceived. After carefully selecting the ingredients (100% Italian), it takes 21 days to produce — a slow maturation process that gives Cotto '60 its extraordinary tenderness. Salting is carried out by hand and "in arteria" (literally "through...
This isn't just any cream. A combination of sweet corn biscuits, custard and Ecuadorian chocolate chips gives rise to their signature ice cream. With its persistent, compact structure, and a smooth, creamy texture, it reveals an aromatic profile dominated by milky notes (high quality cream and other dairy products) and egg (10%), all adorned by chunks of traditional Piedmont corn...
Fresh milk mixed with sugar and egg yolks, just like Grandma Lele used to do when she made ice cream for all the farm back in the 1960s. The only difference is that, back then, the "container" was a 10L milk bucket! Today, their ice cream remains rich in flavor and density. Its appearance is consistent with the excellent ingredients...
