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About us
the Carrubato di Sicilia®
Ciokarrua was born from the vision of Giovanni Cicero, an artisan entrepreneur, and from the principle that guides every choice: "innovation within tradition". A story that begins with the Sicilian carob and meets cocoa. Today the small original laboratory is an artisan workshop in the heart of Modica, where we decide the craft ourselves, gesture after gesture.
From a small laboratory to an artisan workshop. The milestones of a craft built step by step, starting from a unique fruit and the will to give it dignity.
The Cicero family builds a business around the Sicilian carob.
An idea, a name, a tree to bring back to the table after decades of neglect.
Giovanni Cicero introduces the making of carob-flavoured chocolate.
Its immediate success opens the way to new flavours: vanilla, cinnamon, chilli, pistachio, almond, orange, lemon.
In the rural setting of Baroque Modica, the small laboratory opens.
A clear philosophy, carved into everyday gestures: innovation within tradition.
Facing the national and international market becomes a moment of growth and inspiration. We return to Sicily with a renewed imagination that embraces the cross-pollination of time, ideas and places.
We rethink our spaces.
In the new, more functional setting, we build machinery tailored to our wishes and to a way of working all our own.
We open our doors to the curious who want to discover the inner workings of taste.
With the Ciokèbio organic project, we present the only carob bar with no added sugar and no chocolate.
The invention that gives dignity to the fruit at the beating heart of the company.
Registered trademark Ciokarrua
In the workshop, the cocoa bean becomes chocolate before our eyes: bean to bar, from hand-selection to the finished bar.
What was once an idea is now a workshop that speaks to the national and international market.
Twenty years of dedication to a forgotten fruit.
The carob has always been part of Sicily. It was the fruit used as animal feed, the tree no one looked at any more.
The Cicero family tried to ask something more of it.
The carob is a strong, long-lived, thriving tree. It asks for no special care to grow. For centuries it lived in the Iblean landscape as part of everyday life.
Today it has been rediscovered for its unique properties. For us it has never been anything but the starting point.
And when you step into our workshop, the first to greet you is the scent of freshly processed carob.
Discover the Carob Tree
Not because they sound good to say, but because without them we would have nothing to tell.
Sicilian carobs from selected organic carob groves, harvested in late August and brought to our laboratory, where we select the best ones again. The selection begins in the carob grove and continues in the laboratory: a short supply chain that isn't just transport, but direct quality control and a living relationship with local growers.
It's a structural choice for our organic lines: from the Sicilian carob to the bean-to-bar cocoa of Grezzopuro®. Hand-selection of raw ingredients, every stage managed in our workshop.
The packaging we use is entirely recyclable. The single-portion format, for the bars, reduces waste: you eat only what you want, while the other portions stay sealed.
The waste from carob and cocoa beans doesn't end up in organic refuse: we give it back to local farmers, who reuse it to fertilise their soil. What is born from the earth returns to the earth.
We want every bar to tell its own story, from field to shelf.
We are working on the full traceability of our supply chain: the goal is that biting into a Carrubato di Sicilia® means knowing when the carob was harvested, from which field, and with what method.
A relationship of trust between those who produce and those who consume, built on verifiable information, not just on a label.
MANIFESTO
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Insulated packaging from June to September
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