The company was established in 1911 by the brothers Angelo and Giacomo Barbagallo at Fiumefreddo di Sicilia with the objective of processing certain locally produced agricultural crops of higt quality. Today the company is still run in the family tradition by the second & third generation of Barbagallo's son Giuseppe & grandson Angelo. The factory is located at the foot of mount Etna with easy acces to the pure water of the Fiumefreddo river, which has been filtered by the volcanic rocks on its journey down to sea from the crater itself.