In Milan, in via Spallanzani, between Porta Venezia quarter, a little grocery store of the brothers Filippo and Francesco Pagani was born, dedicated to sell colonial products. Some time later, with great intuition and initiative, the brothers started the “Fratelli Pagani” Company in an internal courtyard of Viale Monza. The business focused on the purchase of spices (in Italy) for the citizens of Milan who wanted to try something new and “exotic” to enrich traditional Milanese cuisine.