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Modica PGI chocolate with coffee 100 gr. Ingredients: cocoa paste (50%), refined cane sugar, coffee (1,7%).
It may contain traces of: MILK, NUTS, EGGS and GLUTEN.
Modica chocolate is a specialty of ancient traditions from the city of Modica, in the south of Sicily. Modica chocolate was recognised by the European Union as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) in 2018. This particular chocolate is obtained from a process of processing cocoa that is called "cold" and does not include the phase of conching. The chocolate obtained has high percentages of cocoa (from 50% to 99%) and no foreign substances are added such as vegetable fats, milk, soy lecithin.
The chocolate bar is dark black with brown hues and has a grainy, rough and crumbly texture.
- Origin Guarantee
- PGI
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Sicily
Casa Don Puglisi is a charity located in Modica that helps people in difficulty, especially mothers and children.
La Bottega is at the heart of this solidarity-based project and includes a sweet shop, a focacceria, a bar and a bookshop.
In the pastry workshop of produces the chocolate of Modica IGP. In this workshop the women hosted in the House participate in the production of this chocolate typical of the ancient Modican tradition.