Domori
{{Short description|Italian chocolate company}}
Domori is an Italian company which produces chocolate products.{{cite book|author=Lesley Chesterman|title=Flavourville|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6oLgYUdN_MC&pg=PA82|date=January 2003|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55022-598-3|pages=82–}}{{cite book|author1=Louisa Knapp|author2=Edward William Bok|title=Ladies' Home Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OD0TAQAAMAAJ|volume=123, 5-8|year=2006|publisher=LHJ Publishing, Incorporated}} Domori has its headquarters in None, just outside Turin, Italy and since 2006 has been part of Illy Group.{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/dbd24eb2-3908-11e5-8613-07d16aad2152.html#axzz3wZeAZDKY |title=Illycaffè sells €70m bond to secure coffee market share |work=Financial Times |date=August 2, 2015 |author=Rachel Sanderson}}
History
Domori was founded in 1997 by Gianluca Franzoni.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/dining/15turin.html?pagewanted=all |title=In Turin, Chocolate's the Champion |work=The New York Times |author=Corby Kummer |date=February 15, 2006}} In 1993, after studying Business, Gianluca travelled to Venezuela, where he experimented with varieties and harvests of cocoa in order to preserve the biodiversity and prevent the extinction of the rare cocoa, the criollo.{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simran-sethi/peak-mast-brothers-it-was_b_8913234.html |title=Peak Mast Brothers (It Was Never About the Beards) |work=Huffington Post |date=January 5, 2016 |author=Simran Sethi}} The criollo is grown at the Hacienda San José plantation.
Domori produces six varieties of criollo, including Puertomar and Puertofino.{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/dining/restaurants/taste-s-world-class-chocolate-is-crazy-delicious/article_851b4ee1-6c13-5884-a134-aaeea09847fe.html |title=CRAZY FOR CACAO: Taste's world-class chocolate is crazy delicious |date=September 10, 2015 |author=Jordan Carroll |work=Daily Herald |access-date=January 7, 2016 |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109034856/http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/dining/restaurants/taste-s-world-class-chocolate-is-crazy-delicious/article_851b4ee1-6c13-5884-a134-aaeea09847fe.html |url-status=dead }} The company manufactures a chocolate bar of 100% criollo, with no added lecithin or flavourings.{{cite web |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/29/food/chocolate-bars-for-whisky-lovers/#.Vo6MWVIp8y5 |title=Chocolate bars for whisky lovers |work=Japan Times |author=Nicholas Coldicott |date=January 29, 2010}}
In 2012, the Coca-Cola company and Illycaffè collaborated to produce a line of cold chocolate drinks.{{cite web |url=http://www.vendingtimes.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?nm=Vending+Features&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&tier=4&id=9DDE1EEF99F4424DA72566CFD1BAF86D |title=Coca-Cola Co. And IllyCaffè Roll Out RTD Coffee Drinks In Resealable Bottles |work=Vending Times |volume=52 |issue=6 |date=June 2012 |author=Emily Jed |access-date=2016-01-07 |archive-date=2017-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116083851/http://www.vendingtimes.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?nm=Vending+Features&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&tier=4&id=9DDE1EEF99F4424DA72566CFD1BAF86D |url-status=dead }} As well as consumer products, Domori also produces chocolate in bulk for use by chocolatiers.{{cite web |url=http://experience.usatoday.com/food-and-wine/story/tours-and-trails/food-tours-and-trails/2013/08/23/san-francisco-chocolate-trail/2624775/ |title=Follow the San Francisco trail of topnotch chocolatiers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130173633/http://experience.usatoday.com/food-and-wine/story/tours-and-trails/food-tours-and-trails/2013/08/23/san-francisco-chocolate-trail/2624775/ |author=Kay Harwell Fernandez |work=USA Today |archive-date=2015-11-30 |date=August 23, 2013 |accessdate=2019-09-05}}{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/dining/restaurants/taste-s-world-class-chocolate-is-crazy-delicious/article_851b4ee1-6c13-5884-a134-aaeea09847fe.html |title=Crazy For Cacao - Taste's world-class chocolate is crazy delicious |author=Jordan Carroll |work=Daily Herald |date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=January 7, 2016 |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109034856/http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/dining/restaurants/taste-s-world-class-chocolate-is-crazy-delicious/article_851b4ee1-6c13-5884-a134-aaeea09847fe.html |url-status=dead }}
In 2015, Domori promoted its cold chocolate drink Crema Cacao, at the Milan World Expo.{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-keleher/milan-world-expo-pavilions-and-expectations-vs-reality_b_7956334.html |title=Milan World Expo: Pavilions and Expectations vs. Reality |work=Huffington Post |author=Heather Keleher |date=August 11, 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{official|https://domori.com}}
- [https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0169350D:IM Bloomberg]
{{Chocolate companies of Italy}}
Category:Italian chocolate companies
Category:Food and drink companies established in 1997
Category:Italian companies established in 1997