About Cutraro La Fragola "Opificio di trasformazione"

The company was founded in 1988 by Maurizio Cutraro. The headquarters are in Maletto, a small and suggestive town at the foot of Mount Etna on the north-eastern side. Maletto is the highest town on Etna and in the province of Catania, its territorial peculiarities are the slimy soil formed by lava cooled after thousands of years of eruptive activity. In this special soil, each fruit takes on unique and special properties and flavors. The main one is the Maletto strawberry and its small and only variety in the world is the wild strawberry. The company, which has always been family-run, has always set the general principle of the quality and craftsmanship of products and processed products. Our highlights are the liqueur “Fragoletto” and the pistachio liqueur of Bronte D.O.P. These over the various years have been awarded various regional and national awards. In 2016, the company was restructured and Benedetto Cutraro, Maurizio's brother and son Vincenzo, entered the corporate structure. The first historian and great master craftsman, creator and inventor of strawberry liqueur, great pastry chef and ice cream maker. The second, due to his young age and education, has introduced new channels of growth and development. After the renovation, an important space was created for the Transformation Factory, which now develops other special products from the strawberry, all with craftsmanship and with products born and cultivated on Etna. Read their story