Taste and use

This is what makes Sicilian red pepper pesto so special:

• Taste: The pesto tastes of fresh peppers, extra virgin olive oil and crunchy almonds.
  
• Quality features: This pesto is made exclusively by Valdibella and preserved with their "Femminello" lemon juice. It contains no artificial additives.
• Use: The red pepper pesto goes wonderfully with "timilia" pasta, such as busiate, tagliatelle or fusilli. To extend the shelf life of an opened jar, we recommend covering the previous pesto well with olive oil, resealing it and refrigerating it. 
  

Cultivation and ecology

This is how the pesto ingredients are grown:

• Cultivation method: Organic cultivation.
  
• Producers: The peppers are grown by Giorgio Battaglia. All other ingredients are also grown by members of the Valdibella network. The expansion of the product line by Valdibella with ingredients from its own value chain enables producers to achieve greater diversity in cultivation and diversification in the sale of individual products. Valdibella uses the "Addio Pizzo" label to declare that it does not pay protection money to criminal organizations.

This is how the price is made up

Giorgio Battaglia receives 1.90 euros per kilogram of fresh peppers from the cooperative.

Cultivation & processing CHF 4.61

• Cultivation and harvesting: various members of the Cooperativa Valdibella (peppers, olive oil, lemon juice, roasted almonds, tomato concentrate, onions); Sale Trapani (salt)
• Processing: Valdibella: Fargione

Transport & logistics CHF 3.50

• Export and logistics: CTM Altromercato
• Fees: Customs
• Quality assurance: SQTS laboratory
• Packaging: Zurich plant
• Shipping: Post

Procurement & distribution CHF 3.00

• Coordination, communication, online market: Crowd Container