The ''cremino'' is a

chocolate Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either by itself or to flavoring, flavor other foods. Cocoa beans are the processed seeds of the cacao tree (''Theobroma cacao''); unprocesse ...

originating in the

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region of

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. It is composed of three layers; the outer layers are made with '' gianduja'' chocolate, and the inner one can be made with either

coffee Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially a ...

lemon The lemon (''Citrus'' × ''limon'') is a species of small evergreen tree in the ''Citrus'' genus of the flowering plant family Rutaceae. A true lemon is a hybrid of the citron and the bitter orange. Its origins are uncertain, but some ...

hazelnut The hazelnut is the fruit of the hazel tree and therefore includes any of the nuts deriving from species of the genus '' Corylus'', especially the nuts of the species ''Corylus avellana''. They are also known as cobnuts or filberts according to ...

paste. It is typically cubical and is sold wrapped in aluminum and a paper band which indicates the flavour.

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

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(the future ), produced liquors and sweets. However, the first documentation about ''cremino'' are from 1934. Nowadays, Italian producers of ''cremino'' include

Caffarel Caffarel is a chocolate-manufacturing company based in Luserna San Giovanni, Italy, which is a subsidiary of Lindt, Lindt & Sprüngli. The company was founded in Turin during the 19th century. According to the company, it was founded in 1826 when ...

, , , Venchi, San Carlo, and Pernigotti.

Fiat

In 1911, the Italian car manufacturer

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launched a contest for Italian chocolate makers to create a new chocolate for publicising their . The contest was won by Majani, the first Italian chocolate maker established in 1796 in

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, who created a new ''cremino'' with four layers instead of three; two layers were made with '' gianduja'', and the other two with

almond paste Almond paste is made from ground almonds or almond meal and sugar in equal quantities, with small amounts of cooking oil, eggs, heavy cream or corn syrup added as a binder. It is similar to marzipan, with a coarser texture. Almond paste is used a ...

References

{{Reflist Italian chocolate Cuisine of Piedmont Culture in Turin

History

Fiat

See also

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