# Domori
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{{Short description|Italian chocolate company}}
'''Domori ''' is an Italian company which produces chocolate products.[{{cite book|author=Lesley Chesterman|title=Flavourville|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6oLgYUdN_MC&pg=PA82|date=January 2003|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55022-598-3|pages=82–}}][{{cite book|author1=Louisa Knapp|author2=Edward William Bok|title=Ladies' Home Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OD0TAQAAMAAJ|volume=123, 5-8|year=2006|publisher=LHJ Publishing, Incorporated}}] Domori has its headquarters in [None](/source/None%2C_Piedmont), just outside [Turin](/source/Turin), [Italy](/source/Italy) and since 2006 has been part of [Illy](/source/Illy) Group.[{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/dbd24eb2-3908-11e5-8613-07d16aad2152.html#axzz3wZeAZDKY |title=Illycaffè sells €70m bond to secure coffee market share |work=Financial Times |date=August 2, 2015 |author=Rachel Sanderson}}]
==History==
Domori was founded in 1997 by Gianluca Franzoni.[{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/dining/15turin.html?pagewanted=all |title=In Turin, Chocolate's the Champion |work=The New York Times |author=Corby Kummer |date=February 15, 2006}}] In 1993, after studying Business, Gianluca travelled to [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), where he experimented with varieties and harvests of cocoa in order to preserve the biodiversity and prevent the extinction of the rare cocoa, the [criollo](/source/Criollo_(cocoa_bean)).[{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simran-sethi/peak-mast-brothers-it-was_b_8913234.html |title=Peak Mast Brothers (It Was Never About the Beards) |work=Huffington Post |date=January 5, 2016 |author=Simran Sethi}}] The criollo is grown at the Hacienda San José plantation.
Domori produces six varieties of criollo, including Puertomar and Puertofino.[{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/dining/restaurants/taste-s-world-class-chocolate-is-crazy-delicious/article_851b4ee1-6c13-5884-a134-aaeea09847fe.html |title=CRAZY FOR CACAO: Taste's world-class chocolate is crazy delicious |date=September 10, 2015 |author=Jordan Carroll |work=Daily Herald |access-date=January 7, 2016 |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109034856/http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/dining/restaurants/taste-s-world-class-chocolate-is-crazy-delicious/article_851b4ee1-6c13-5884-a134-aaeea09847fe.html |url-status=dead }}] The company manufactures a chocolate bar of 100% criollo, with no added [lecithin](/source/lecithin) or flavourings.[{{cite web |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2010/01/29/food/chocolate-bars-for-whisky-lovers/#.Vo6MWVIp8y5 |title=Chocolate bars for whisky lovers |work=Japan Times |author=Nicholas Coldicott |date=January 29, 2010}}]
In 2012, the [Coca-Cola](/source/Coca-Cola) company and [Illycaffè](/source/Illy) collaborated to produce a line of cold chocolate drinks.[{{cite web |url=http://www.vendingtimes.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?nm=Vending+Features&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&tier=4&id=9DDE1EEF99F4424DA72566CFD1BAF86D |title=Coca-Cola Co. And IllyCaffè Roll Out RTD Coffee Drinks In Resealable Bottles |work=Vending Times |volume=52 |issue=6 |date=June 2012 |author=Emily Jed |access-date=2016-01-07 |archive-date=2017-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116083851/http://www.vendingtimes.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?nm=Vending+Features&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&tier=4&id=9DDE1EEF99F4424DA72566CFD1BAF86D |url-status=dead }}] As well as consumer products, Domori also produces chocolate in bulk for use by [chocolatier](/source/chocolatier)s.[{{cite web |url=http://experience.usatoday.com/food-and-wine/story/tours-and-trails/food-tours-and-trails/2013/08/23/san-francisco-chocolate-trail/2624775/ |title=Follow the San Francisco trail of topnotch chocolatiers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130173633/http://experience.usatoday.com/food-and-wine/story/tours-and-trails/food-tours-and-trails/2013/08/23/san-francisco-chocolate-trail/2624775/ |author=Kay Harwell Fernandez |work=USA Today |archive-date=2015-11-30 |date=August 23, 2013 |accessdate=2019-09-05}}][{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/dining/restaurants/taste-s-world-class-chocolate-is-crazy-delicious/article_851b4ee1-6c13-5884-a134-aaeea09847fe.html |title=Crazy For Cacao - Taste's world-class chocolate is crazy delicious |author=Jordan Carroll |work=Daily Herald |date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=January 7, 2016 |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109034856/http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/dining/restaurants/taste-s-world-class-chocolate-is-crazy-delicious/article_851b4ee1-6c13-5884-a134-aaeea09847fe.html |url-status=dead }}]
In 2015, Domori promoted its cold chocolate drink Crema Cacao, at the Milan World Expo.[{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-keleher/milan-world-expo-pavilions-and-expectations-vs-reality_b_7956334.html |title=Milan World Expo: Pavilions and Expectations vs. Reality |work=Huffington Post |author=Heather Keleher |date=August 11, 2015}}]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|https://domori.com}}
* [https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0169350D:IM Bloomberg]
{{Chocolate companies of Italy}}
Category:Italian chocolate companies
Category:Food and drink companies established in 1997
Category:Italian companies established in 1997
Category:Companies based in Piedmont
Category:Italian brands
Category:Illycaffè
Category:None, Piedmont
Category:European chocolate bars
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