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Summary

This Italian company offers a vegan, without milk and gluten-free confectionery products and sweet and savory spreadable creams They are 100% vegetable products with high technological content, thanks to research carried out which made possible to produce a water-based spreadable cream and confectionery products without gluten and milk. The company offers the products under commercial agency and distribution services agreements intended for all distribution channels.

Description

This South Italy - based company is the result of the passion for food engineering of a very greedy entrepreneur but also lactose intolerant. Years of research in collaboration with an Italian university led him to produce confectionery products and sweet and savory spreadable creams designed to please everyone, also for celiac, lactose intolerant people and people with special dietary requirements.

The company offers a wide range of products, In particular, the company offers the following gluten and dairy-free confectionery products: cupcake stuffed with cocoa cream and covered with cocoa icing; vanilla and orange cake; pistachio cake; hazelnut cake; almond cake; baked product stuffed with hazelnut cream and covered with cocoa glaze and hazelnuts; vanilla muffins stuffed with cocoa drips; biscuits stuffed with cocoa cream and covered with cocoa icing.

The company also offers dairy and gluten-free spreadable creams with high technological content, thanks to research carried out in collaboration with an Italian university and a company with a long experience in the food engineering sector, which made it possible to produce water-based creams, available in many tastes. The product is available in a wide variety of flavours. In particular, sweet creams are available in these flavors: cocoa - flavoured spread, cream with vanilla and orange flavour; coconut flavoured spread; hazelnut - flavoured spread; pistachio - flavoured spread; liquorice - flavoured spread; lemon - flavoured spread; spreadable cream with the taste of dried figs; caramel - flavoured spread; custard -flavoured spread; coffee - flavoured spread. The company also offers savory spreads, in particular: nduja (a typical salami of the Calabria region) - flavoured spread; spreadable cream with onion flavour; spreadable cream with rosemary flavour; spreadable cream with spicy chili.

The Italian company is looking for trade intermediaries with experience in the healthy food product sector. The cooperation will be carried out under distribution services and commercial agency agreements.
The potential partner will distribute/represent the products of the Italian company to supermarket chains, wholesalers and retailers specialised in the organic market. The commercial intermediary must be able to promote the peculiarity of the product: it is a tasty product but also suitable for people subject to particular diets, since they are vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free confectionery products.

Advantages & innovations

- The company offers spreadable cream with high technological content, thanks to research carried out in collaboration with an Italian university and company of the sector which made it possible to produce water-based creams, available in many tastes. - The company offers confectionery products also suitable for celiacs and lactose intolerant. - They are products designed to please everyone, also for celiac, lactose intolerant people and people with special dietary requirements. - The company uses seasonal Italian PDO and PGI fruit.

Stage of development

ITALY

Partner sought

The company would like to enhance the internationalization process targeting the organic foods sector. In particular, the company is looking for international commercial agents and distributors specialized in the food sector and in particular in the area of organic, vegan and healthy foods. The agreements could have exclusivity for each country/region interested. The Italian manufacturer is available to start long-term collaborations. The company has the production capacity to meet the demands of business partners relating to the type of products and quantity. Regarding the profile of the distributor, the potential partner will distribute the products to the wholesalers, delicatessen shops, vegan shop, café in their own country. The commercial agent sought will represent the product to the wholesalers and to the small retail chain. The partner must be able to represent the features of the products since they are organic, gluten-free and dairy-free confectionery products, easy to fit into any food regime.

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