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Angelo Motta was an Italian entrepreneur, founder of the food company Motta. He is associated with the commercial production of the sweet yeast bread panettone. Motta later served as a finance minister in the cabinets of Alcide De Gasperi during the 1950s. ==Biography== Motta and his rival panettone maker Gioacchino Alemagna are credited with the industrialisation of panettone from its Milanese origins to a staple of the Italian Christmas. By 1930 production had expanded considerably and a new large factory was required on the outskirts of town to replace the four small bakeries that Motta was using. In 1935 ''l’illustrazione italiana'' reported that the new factory had a conveyor belt measuring thirty metres and large industrial ovens to keep up with production.〔Stanisloa Porizo, Il panettone. Storia, leggende, segreti e fortune di un protagonista del Natale, Datanova, (2007), ISBN 9788895092317〕 Motta’s edge in the production of panettone was to create a distinctive high dome shape to his bread that replaced the older style of flatter panettone as the standard. His startling success saw his company expand considerably during the inter war years with Motta foods introducing new breads including a celebratory Easter bread known as a Colomba di Pasqua, a dove shaped yeast bread that uses panettone yeast but contains less fruit.〔 In many companies, panettone became the de rigueur holiday gift to give to staff. Top artists were commissioned by Motta to immortalize his bread in advertisements. Prices were slashed to attract yet more consumers.〔Alexandra Richardson, Panettone: the Quintessential Italian Cake and not only at Christmas!, Winter 2009 The Magazine of the British-Italian Society〕 It is estimated that panettone is now sold in seventy five countries. After the war Motta's also manufactured ice cream including the famous brands ''Mottarello'' and ''Coppa del Nonno'' (Grandfather's cup). Motta's continued as an independent company until 1970 when it became state controlled. The Motta and Alemagna brands are now owned by Bauli 〔http://www.bauli.it/en/〕 an Italian bakery company based in Verona〔http://www.foodbev.com/news/bauli-acquires-motta-and-alemagna-from-nestle〕 having previously passed through the hands of Nestlé for a period in the late 1990s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angelo Motta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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