A new "highly ecological" kitchen and pastry product could replace plastic items from China, moreover "at much more competitive prices".

This is the idea that Nicola Dell'Erba, owner of the company "Petra" in Bronte (Catania) has been carrying out for a few months, a dozen employees at the foot of Mount Etna, specialized in art, innovation and design through the processing of any type of stone, from marble to lava basalt.

“Since last December - says Dell'Erba - we have been making everyday objects that replace plastic materials. We are specializing in utensils used daily in the kitchen and in pastry ”. Which? First of all, the "spalmino" entirely in stone, created in various colors and customizable (the rest is top secret "to avoid - explains Dell'Erba - that they steal the idea"): "It is used to distribute the cream in the panettone , in doves, and on slices of bread, but also to collect it from containers ".