Calabria Best Foods

THE TERRITORY

Italy is renowned around the world for its cuisine, and Calabria is no exception, boasting a rich culinary tradition that reflects its history and landscape.
One of Calabria's culinary highlights is undoubtedly its extra virgin olive oil, a product that embodies the passion and dedication of local producers.

The region offers an ideal climate for growing olive trees, which, combined with traditional production techniques passed down from generation to generation, results in an oil with a fruity and intense flavor, often with spicy or bitter notes.

This precious ingredient is essential to the Mediterranean diet and is used in many typical Calabrian dishes, such as 'nduja, soppressata and wonderful fish dishes, enhancing flavors and enriching meals with its pure essence.

Furthermore, Calabrian extravirgin olive oil is not only a pleasure for the palate, but also a healthy food, rich in antioxidants and good fats that benefit the heart and overall health.
Calabria, therefore, is not only a tourist destination for its natural beauty, but also a true paradise for lovers of good eat.

THE BRAND

Between the end of the 1800s and the early 1900s, our great-grandparents, in the Sant'Eufemia Lamezia Valley, planted an exceptional example of "Carolea" olive monoculture, which after a few years of hard work, great passion and love for agriculture, they began to produce an Extra Virgin Olive Oil with extraordinary qualities for those times...

Even today, after four generations, we continue to cultivate the same lands inherited from our ancestors, producing excellence with unique characteristics, thanks to the geographical position of Calabria in the Mediterranean Sea.

Here, from our roots the brand "MANCUSO1976" was born, for the promotion in the world of "excellence to enhance the beauty of Calabria and Italy", strictly "Made in Italy", because in Calabria (land between two seas), the story of the MANCUSO family begins, which with passion and love for work carries on this important legacy.

Looking forward without ever forgetting the past, our origins that made Calabria and Italy great... this is the motivation that fuels us every day!

EXTRA VERGIN OLIVE OIL

Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a product of excellence, appreciated throughout the world for its organoleptic qualities and health benefits. It is grown in regions with a Mediterranean climate, where olives can ripen best.

The production process begins with the manual harvesting of the olives, to ensure that only the best fruits are used. Subsequently, the olives are ground and cold pressed to preserve all the nutritional properties and authentic flavour.