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Sottolestelle is certified by Aiab, The Italian
Association of Organic Farming. We produce part of the raw
material we use on our own Farm and we purchase part of it
from a neighbouring Farm. We have total control over the
extra-virgin olive oil that we produce. As well as olives we
produce, almonds , cereals: spelt, durum wheat.
All the products that leave
our workrooms: all the Baked lines and the Traditional Pasta
lines are 100% organic. None of our products are mass produced,
and in fact, many of them are actually hand made one by one.
In our traditional pasta
factory we only use spelt, triticum dicoccum, which is either
produced by us or purchased from farms located in the
central-southern Apennine area. The Kamut® that we use is the
original from Montana (North America). With regard to durum
wheat, we are in the process of introducing, admittedly with
great difficulty, several old varieties of durum wheat.
Our spelt is stone-milled,
whereas our Kamut® is roller-milled. In Sottolestelle bakery,
we use excellent minor cereal grains: Spelt, Kamut®, Rye,
Rice, Corn, Amaranth; the wholemeal flours are all
stone-milled at a slow speed, whereas sifted flours such as
type “1” flours are roller-milled. We do not use type
“00” flours, gluten-enriched flours or dough enhancers |
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