Episode 2 of 2

Industrial Pandoro Patent

When
1894-10-30
Where
Verona
Part of
Domenico Menegatti patents industrial pandoro production

Domenico Melegatti obtained a patent for an industrial pandoro production procedure in Verona on October 30, 1894.

The patent marked the beginning of the modern history of pandoro. It established a standardized method for producing the eight-pointed sweet bread, which is traditionally associated with Verona. This legal protection enabled the commercial scaling of the product.

Sources

  1. Pandoro Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28

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