Dessert manufactory for Italian baked goods, desserts and white-label production for gastronomy, wholesale and food retail
Dolce GmbH
Neu-Ulm · UlmNew on Amplifa
About Dolce GmbH
Dolce GmbH is a dessert manufactory based in Neu-Ulm that produces a wide range of confectionery products by hand every day – above all tiramisu, dolci and cakes based on Italian family recipes. The company grew out of the pasticceria tradition of Gianni Forgione, who learned the pastry trade in Como and opened the family's first pastry shop in Ulm in 1996. Since the founding of Dolce GmbH in 2013 by Massimo Forgione, the manufactory has supplied restaurants, wholesalers and the food retail trade. Under the Alba brand, desserts are offered for gastronomy; under the Della Mamma brand, to-go desserts are offered for supermarkets; the company also produces private labels as a white-label manufacturer for customers such as Domino's and Transgourmet. With Della Mamma, more than 1,500 supermarkets in Germany are supplied, and expansion into the food retail sector of neighboring countries is underway. The company also includes the Café Alba & Cucina in Ulm city center. Since 2019, Dolce GmbH has relied on renewable energies (SWU natural electricity certificate).
- Site
- Neu-Ulm
- Processes
- White-label production (private labels, e.g. for Domino's, Transgourmet), Own brands for gastronomy (Alba) and food retail (Della Mamma), To-go packaging for food retail, Barista training in the company's own café
- Materials
- Desserts & Dolci, Seasonal Products
- Founded
- 2013
- Industries
- Gastronomy, Wholesale, Food Retail
- 01
Handcrafted production at the Neu-Ulm dessert manufactory
- 02
Packing (including to-go packaging)
- 03
Distribution via the own brands Alba and Della Mamma
- 04
White-label production for major customers
- 05
Supply of gastronomy, wholesale and food retail
Ingredients & Production
Desserts & Dolci
Tiramisu, Italian pasticcini and cakes crafted by hand.
Seasonal Products
Seasonal classics such as baked apple tiramisu complement the range.
Sites
Neu-Ulm
DEDessert manufactory (production)
- Materials
- Desserts, baked goods
Ulm
DECafé Alba & Cucina (café and bistro) in Ulm city center near the Minster
- Materials
- Pasticcini, snacks, breakfast, coffee specialties
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Company History
- 1975
Gianni Forgione learns the pastry trade in Como and founds a first pasticceria with his wife Alba.
- 1983
The family grows; sons Massimo and Davide are born.
- 1996
The family moves to Germany; opening of the first pastry shop in Ulm.
- 2004
Expansion of the range, supply of first major customers and gastronomy businesses; expansion of the bakery.
- 2009
Opening of the second Café Alba in Ulm city center near the Minster.
- 2013
Massimo Forgione takes over the management and founds Dolce GmbH.
- 2014
First product catalog for restaurateurs under the brand 'Alba – the dessert manufactory'; start of white-label production (including Domino's, Transgourmet).
- 2019
Switch to renewable energies (SWU natural electricity certificate).
- 2020
Entry into the food retail trade with to-go desserts during the Corona pandemic.
- 2022
Death of the founder Gianni Forgione.
- 2023
Galileo reports on the tiramisu production at the manufactory in Neu-Ulm.
- 2024
Café Alba awarded as a Top 10 location in Ulm (Der Barführer); participation in ALLES FÜR DEN GAST 2024.
- 2025
Della Mamma in more than 1,500 supermarkets in Germany; expansion into the food retail sector of neighboring countries.