Grissini History: Grissini originated in Torino, Piemonte, a region in northwest Italy. Grissini were invented around the end of the 17th century to cure the health problems of young Duke Vittorio Amedeo II of Savoy. The duke had difficulty digesting most foods, and Don Baldo di Lanzo, the court doctor, commissioned a baker from Torino, Antonio Brunero, to create something that the young duke could digest. Antonio decided to take a part of the dough used to make ghersa, a typical bread of Torino, and stretch it out into long, thin strips. Once baked, the thin breadsticks were crisp and easy to digest. His creation was a great success, and the bread became so popular that it entered the daily life of the Torinesi and later the whole of Italy, followed by the rest of the world.

Among the greatest fans of grissini was Napoleon Bonaparte, who, at the beginning of the 19th century, founded a stagecoach service between Turin and Paris, primarily dedicated to delivering him what he called les petits batons de Turin, “little sticks ofTurin.”

Like those created in Italy, every one of our breadsticks is hand-cut and hand-stretched.