The commander of the Schools and the third Air Region of the Air Force, General SA Silvano Frigerio was received at the Chocolate Museum of Modica.
The general Silvano Frigerio was welcomed by the director of the consortium Nino Scivoletto, who illustrated the history of Modica PGI chocolate, through the panels displayed in the Italia in Miniature salon, depicting the archival documentation which, thanks to the professor Sleeping Grace curator of research in the archive of Grimaldi familyhave allowed us to demonstrate the historical link of the product with the territory, giving registry certainty to the product since 1746.
The process that led to PGI recognition was also illustrated; the increase in the production of Modica PGI chocolate from 2019 to 2023; the growing use of Modica PGI chocolate as an ingredient in processed products, as well as the beneficial effects produced by Modica PGI chocolate on the city, as a tourist and gastronomic attractor.
General Frigerio, accompanied by lieutenant colonel Roberto Tabaroni (in the photo with the director Scivoletto), paid particular attention to the history of Modica chocolate, and focused in particular on some documents from the Grimaldi archive which describe the ingredients used in the 18th century to make the chocolate, as well as the names of the chocolatiers then in the service of the Grimaldis.
