Cremino
Cremino with hazelnut filling (Feletti)
TypeAvellana
Place of originItaly
Region or statePiedmont
Created byFerdinando Baratti
Main ingredientsGianduja with hazelnut or almond filling

The Cremino is a chocolate originally from Piedmont, northern Italy. It is composed of three layers; the outer layers are made with gianduja chocolate, and the inner one can be made with either coffee, lemon or hazelnut paste. It is typically cubical and is sold wrapped in aluminium and a paper band which indicates the flavour.[1]

History

This chocolate was created in the first half of the 19th century by Ferdinando Baratti who, with his associate Edoardo Milano in a laboratory in Turin (the future Caffè Baratti & Milano [it]), produced liquors and sweets. However, the first documentation about cremino are from 1934.[2][3]

Nowadays, Italian producers of cremino include: Caffarel,[4] Feletti [it],[5] Majani [it],[6] Venchi,[7] San Carlo[8] and Pernigotti.[9]

FIAT

In 1911 the Italian car manufacturer FIAT launched a contest for Italian chocolate makers to create a new chocolate for publicising their Fiat Tipo 4 [it]. The contest was won by Majani, the first Italian chocolate maker established in 1796 in Bologna, who created a new cremino with four layers instead of three; two layers were made with gianduja, and the other two with almond paste.[10][6][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cioccolatino cremino | Aree protette Po piemontese". www.parcopopiemontese.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  2. ^ Mazzolini, Elsa (2004). L'Italia del cioccolato. Alessandra Meldolesi. Milano: Touring club italiano. p. 96. ISBN 88-365-3292-6. OCLC 799634909.
  3. ^ Antonaci, Mario. "Baratti & Milano: la tradizione dolciaria piemontese". The Light Canvas (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  4. ^ "Cremini | B2B Products". Caffarel. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  5. ^ "Busta Cremino". Feletti (in Italian). 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  6. ^ a b "Cremino Fiat | Majani". www.majani.it. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  7. ^ "Cremino Chocolate - Chocolates - Venchi". eu.venchi.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "cremino". www.sancarlo.it. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  9. ^ "Storia – Pernigotti" (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  10. ^ Cremonini, Gabriele (2007). Cibò : Un viaggio nella gastronomia, nella storia e nella cultura del cibo a Bologna e dintorni, condito di aneddoti, personaggi famosi, leggende, curiosità e ricette. Bologna: Pendragon. p. 46. ISBN 978-88-8342-596-7. OCLC 956253056.
  11. ^ "Storia | Majani". www.majani.it. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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