Rigoni di Asiago: Organic Honey, Altopiano di Asiago, 1920s

Sweeten your day with Rigoni di Asiago's organic honey, fruit jams or hazelnut spreads, and you taste a company story that began deep in the mountains of northern Italy.

Elisa Rigoni and the apiary

The story began nearly 100 years ago, just after World War I, on a mountain plateau called Altopiano di Asiago. Elisa Rigoni, a young widowed mother of nine, took over her husband's apiary to earn a small living. In the sunny meadows and woodlands she fell in love with beekeeping.

Her honey was smooth, sweet and tasted of wildflowers. Word spread across the plateau and beyond, and by the 1930s Rigoni was an established household name all over Italy.

The family today

Elisa's descendants still run the company with the same enthusiasm and love for nature, following the traditional methods of their grandmother. The 100% raw and organic honey is harvested from hives in unpolluted areas of Italy. Under the same manifesto of goodness, the company makes Fiordifrutta all-natural jams from organic fruit sweetened only with apple juice and no sugar, and Nocciolata hazelnut spreads made with the finest ingredients.

Certified organic

All ingredients and methods are certified organic. Rigoni di Asiago was one of the first Italian companies to go organic, in the 1990s. It avoids herbicides, pesticides, additives and colorants, follows low-waste methods and guarantees traceability.

Eataly now offers a range of certified organic products through its partnership with FederBio, an Italian federation that works directly with small producers who follow ancient traditions.