Food specialities from all over Italy
The authentic TOP PRODUCTS
for markets & wholesale
The food distributor for the truly authentic Italian specialities.
Made by fine Italian manufacturers, to the highest possible standards.
Carefully selected and imported into Germany.
Few people in the world have such a passionate relationship with food as the Italians. A passion that we also share at appetitalia® and that we have made so much our own that we can present it here in a unique form.
appetitalia® stands for natural, authentic, Italian quality foods
Because we are convinced of the need to keep people healthy, not just for the sake of enjoyment, without depriving them of the pleasure of an excellent meal. The products we select and test locally are handcrafted and made with love and heart and soul according to ancient traditions by small and large producers who are proud of their country, their homeland and their culture, they stand for an unadulterated Italy and above all for great taste experiences!
Our product selection is based on measurable and verifiable criteria
And the first is: purity.
Food in the appetitalia® range is exclusively without
• additives
• colourings
• Artificial flavours
• Flavour enhancers of any kind
• Genetically modified organisms
and all the goodies that the food industry would like to make so palatable to us.
Organic is not organic at all
Of course, we also have organic products in our range where it is good to look twice. Because small traps and „permitted“ additives are hidden here, too.
With us there is only one:
Ascorbic acid
(Vitamin C is a preservative and prevents the formation of botulin in canned food).
Advantages for
Wholesalers, retail chains & speciality retailers
It is not only that you get original Italian specialities from us, our assortment is suitably marked for every customer group: For trade chains we have products that are available in the required volumes and have the necessary certifications to match the AEBs of the different chains..
For wholesalers, we have products from small and large manufacturers with the right characteristics. And for delicatessens, we have the refinements from the small manufacturers that do not always meet the ISO standard, but are not absolutely necessary. All products are exclusively distributed by us and this is a great advantage for our customers, extensively advertised and accompanied by integrated marketing.
Of course, we enjoy working with food producers from all over Italy.
But our passion is also our home:
Sicily
We are the absolute specialists for this!
Since ancient times, Sicily has been the cradle of good taste
… and remains so today.
“Degenerate Syracusans… They eat elaborate hot dishes twice a day, corrupting the Greek warrior’s soul and body.”
{Thus spoke Plato in 320 BC.}
Nothing has changed in the eating habits of the Sicilians to this day, on the contrary: now they eat elaborate dishes three times a day! But that’s not all, there is always room for one or two delicacies in between.
No wonder, because everything your heart desires grows in Sicily. From capers to mangoes, from pistachios to tomatoes. Almonds, lemons, oranges, mandarins, olives, herbs… the list is endless. Add to that the fact that Sicily, with 25,832 km² (the largest region in Italy), has a lot of space, many landscape areas and microclimatess:
Plain land (14%)
hilly country (61,5%)
mountainous country (24,5%)
Coastline: 1.637 km
Highest mountain: Etna (3.323 m).
Our theme:
Why our commitment to artisan processed foods
Short distances and sustainable management
Because we are convinced of the need, not only for the sake of pleasure, to keep people healthy without depriving them of the pleasure of an excellent meal. Today we are overwhelmed by a rising tide of industrially processed food. The problem with this, apart from the often inferior raw materials and the enormous degree of their processing, is the impact on human health of the use of completely synthetic additives in the industrial production of food. It is true that strict regulations prohibit the use of substances that are harmful to health.
However, it is equally true that it too often takes a long time before the ban on use is triggered. The examples in this regard could be manifold, from dyes to sweeteners to emulsifiers, while in many other cases the questions about harmfulness have so far remained unanswered, e.g. the usual suspect palm oil.
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Artisan food means an alternative in eating. Food in the production of which the artisan shows his face, so to speak, an expression of his professionalism, with a process based on the patient work of man and natural ingredients that may have been bought at the nearby market and not on the result of the research of the chemical laboratory attached to the factory.
It is clear that artisanal food can never be a substitute for industrial food because of the necessarily limited scale of production, nor because of the higher prices. However, there are also large-scale factories that are able and willing, despite the high production volumes, to maintain the standards that make even an industrial product a good or excellent one.
These also flow into our programme.