Carapelli (Carapelli Firenze SpA) is an Italian food company, currently owned by Deoleo, S.A, based in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, which is a small town in the Metropolitan City of Florence, most famous for its extra virgin olive oil.
On 23 September 1893, the day of their wedding, Cesira & Constantino Carapelli founded the family business with her dowry.
With 300 lire the couple bought a warehouse in Montevarchi to trade in grain, oil and other agricultural produce On the eve of war, the Carapelli family set up the most modern wheat mill of the time just outside Florence, in Ponte a Ema.
Carapelli moves production to Tavarnelle Val di Pesa in the Chianti region.
The Instituto Nutrizionale Carapelli is a non-profit foundation for scientific research into the olive oil sector and the education and spreading of the awareness of the importance of a correct diet.