White Breadcrumbs Bag 5 kg — Pavone

White Breadcrumbs Bag 5 kg Pavone — Professional Italian Coating Flour

Pane Grattugiato Bianco 5 kg Pavone is a professional Italian breadcrumb made from soft wheat flour type 0, designed for high-volume HoReCa use: breading meat and fish, gratin toppings, stuffings, meatballs, eggplant parmigiana and croquettes. Packed by F.lli Garuti SRL in Modena (Emilia-Romagna) under ISO 9001:2021 certification, with a generous 5 kg bag format ideal for restaurants, pizzerias and pastry shops.

What are breadcrumbs in Italian cuisine

Pane grattugiato is one of the most ancient and versatile pantry ingredients of Italian regional cuisine, traditionally obtained by grating dried bread leftovers. The industrial 5 kg format brings the same role to professional kitchens, with a uniform fine grain and a consistent moisture profile that ensures reproducible results from one batch to the next. Indispensable for cotoletta milanese, polpette al sugo, parmigiana di melanzane, sarde a beccafico and seafood gratin.

The producer: F.lli Garuti Pavone

F.lli Garuti SRL was founded in 1955 by Marino Garuti in the Modena area and is today a third-generation family business specialised in packaging spices, herbs, salts, breadcrumbs, cereals, flours and nuts under the Pavone brand and as a private-label co-packer for over 1,500 European clients. The company operates under ISO 9001:2021 quality management certification and includes a dedicated organic-certified line, ensuring full traceability and food safety on every batch.

Organoleptic and technical characteristics

Fine and uniform grain size, ivory-white colour, neutral aroma of dried bread that does not overpower delicate preparations. Even hydration absorption thanks to controlled moisture content, ensuring crispy and golden coatings after frying or baking without releasing oil or burning at high temperatures.

Professional uses

Five core applications for the kitchen brigade: breading veal cutlets at 60 grams per portion mixed with grated parmesan for cotoletta milanese; topping eggplant parmigiana with 30 grams per layer for golden gratin; binding meatballs at 80 grams per kilogram of minced meat together with eggs and milk-soaked crumb; coating fish fillets at 40 grams per portion for oven baking; replacing 10 per cent of flour in arancini batter for extra crunch. Always pass the breadcrumbs through a fine sieve before use to remove larger clumps.

Common mistakes to avoid

Three errors at chef level: storing the open bag without resealing, which absorbs ambient humidity and creates clumps within 48 hours; frying at oil temperatures below 170 degrees Celsius, which causes the breadcrumbs to soak up oil instead of forming a crust; skipping the egg-flour-breadcrumb three-stage breading sequence, which results in patchy coverage and detachment during cooking.

Storage and packaging

Store the sealed 5 kg bag in a cool dry place away from direct sunlight; shelf life approximately 9 months from production. Once opened, transfer to airtight food containers and store at room temperature with maximum relative humidity below 65 per cent. Recyclable polyethylene bag with bottom gusset for vertical pantry stocking.

Distribution and logistics in Switzerland

LAPA delivers Pane Grattugiato Pavone across Switzerland with own fleet covering Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern, Lausanne, Lugano, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Winterthur and Bellinzona. For remote zones we rely on Swiss Post, Planzer, Galliker and Camion Transport. Fast delivery, 30-day invoicing for B2B customers, dedicated team support for chefs, restaurateurs and pastry shops.

Who it is for

Restaurants and trattorias serving traditional Italian fried and breaded dishes, pizzerias preparing supplì and arancini, pastry shops for crumb bases and bindings, hotel kitchens, catering services, Italian gastronomies and gourmet retailers. Order from LAPA, wholesale partner trusted by Swiss food service since 2016.