Worthy of orators and philosophers

Plato was very fond of it and the historian Zeno from Citium was a great admirer of the fig. Publio Ovidio Nasone tells it was tradition to give them as a gift on New Year’s Eve, while Plinio says that eating figs makes young people stronger and improves the health of the elderly. For its qualities, the white fig of Cilento has been awarded with the DOP mark.

Worthy of orators and philosophers

Plato was very fond of it and the historian Zeno from Citium was a great admirer of the fig. Publio Ovidio Nasone tells it was tradition to give them as a gift on New Year’s Eve, while Plinio says that eating figs makes young people stronger and improves the health of the elderly. For its qualities, the white fig of Cilento has been awarded with the DOP mark.

Fig has no

secrets to us

From the hand-harvesting to the final product in all its variations, including the molasses, which comes from the “dottato” fig variety after undergoing a lengthy artisanal process.