Majani Chocolate

Majani from Bologna is considered Italy's first chocolate factory. In 1796, the Laboratorio delle Cose Dolci opened next to the Basilica di San Petronio, and the company has remained in family hands ever since, now in its ninth generation. In 1832, the Scorza was created here, the country's first solid chocolate, the recipe for which has remained unchanged to this day. Majani became famous for the Fiat Cremino, that four-layer nougat morsel invented in 1911 for the market launch of the Fiat Tipo 4. To this day, the manufacturer processes cocoa from the raw bean, a path that only a few producers of this size still follow.