Pernigotti is an Italian manufacturer of chocolate (its speciality is the production of high quality Gianduiotto, a chocolate-hazelnut based confectionery),[1] nougats, Easter eggs and ice creams.
[4] By 1882 its quality was sufficiently well known that King Umberto I granted the company the privilege of using the royal coat of arms on the factory insignia on 25 April 1882.
The absence of sugar, in fact, is wisely filled by a greater concentration of honey, giving life to a new nougat with a unique consistency.
At the end of World War II its main production plant was destroyed when it moved its headquarters to the current factory in central Novi Ligure.
On 7 November 2018, Toksöz announced that Pernigotti would close its main production facility at Novi Ligure with the loss of 200 jobs.
Since the acquisition of JP Morgan Asset Management, the production resumes at the historic Novi Ligure plant in 2022.