I Guinigi Lucca srl Wins Gold sofi Awards
June 16, 2017 | 3 min to read
Bastia Umbra, Italy – I Guinigi Lucca srl with its Carlo Tarallo has won sofi Gold Award in CRACKERS Category in the Specialty Food Association’s 2017 sofi™ Awards competition.
A sofi is the top honor in the $127 billion specialty food industry. “sofi” stands for Specialty Outstanding Food Innovation and represents the best of the best from members of the Specialty Food Association.
The CARLO TARALLO was one of 154 Winners selected by a national panel of 62 specialty food experts from 3,000 entries across 39 categories. Every entry is carefully assessed by passionate and knowledgeable food professionals including chefs, culinary experts, academics, food writers, and category buyers. Products are judged on taste, including flavor, appearance, texture and aroma, as well as ingredient quality. All tastings are blind.
“We are honored that CARLO TARALLO has won the coveted sofi Award,” says Christian Bagiacchi, export manager of I GUINIGI LUCCA SRL. “This is the second Award that we win in two years; the first one was for the Best International Packaging at ISM Cologne trade fair. This is only one of the ultimate stamps of approval and we’re very grateful because it means that our products look good and taste better”. CARLO TARALLO is found at HOME GOODS, WINNER’S, IGOURMET.COM and imported by ITALYPOINT, INC.
“A sofi means a product, and the people behind it, have arrived,” says Phil Kafarakis, president, Specialty Food Association. “This year’s winners represent a devotion to excellence and innovation in specialty food that continues to fuel our industry, excite consumers and expand retail offerings around the world.”
The sofi Awards are open to members of the Specialty Food Association, a not-for-profit trade association established in 1952 for food artisans, importers and entrepreneurs with more than 3,400 members in the U.S. and abroad. For more information on the association and its Fancy Food Shows, go to specialtyfood.com. Learn more about the sofi Awards at specialtyfood.com/sofi.
About I Guinigi Lucca
I Guinigi Lucca’s history is full of triumphs achieved also through its customers. The company has been operating in the Italian food market since 1870, when two families, one from Tuscany and the other from Emilia-Romagna, joined their efforts. At the beginning it was just a small shop, where the most famous Tuscan products, such as Cantucci Bisuits and flatbread were made and sold. The activity increased more and more during the years, neither the two world wars stopped the business. In 1975 the company started producing food gift baskets, combining elegant packaging and ancient traditions, becoming in few years one of the Italian market leader. During last ten years, the company decide to expand the business by focusing more and more on its productions and becoming producer of some strategic products, such as Sweet Biscuits, Sweet Tartlets and Salty snacks. Nowadays our facility of Norcia (PERUGIA province), has become the heart of our production, where everything is made with passion for us and for our customers. More information can be found at www.iguinigi.com.
About ItalyPoint
ItalyPoint, Inc. was founded in 1999 by Muzio Pesaresi. Located in West Pittston, PA, the company’s philosophy is to import natural and healthy products, produced in their environment in an ethical and sustainable manner. Currently, ItalyPoint imports in excess of 800 products from over 50 suppliers. Future plans include expanding our offering of DOP, IGP and organic products. Learn more at italypoint.com.
Source: I Guinigi Lucca