84 years old. 35 kilograms. Fifteen to twenty kilometers a day on foot.She sweeps the floor, shakes the rugs into the sunlight, cooks, walks to the market, checks the trees and moves gracefully across our little farm like it’s a living room she’s tended for a lifetime. The silhouette on our logo? That’s her. My Nonna.

A life grown from the soil

My grandparents have had their hands in the earth for almost a century. Nonno is 93 and still grows fruit and vegetables for the whole family, chasing variety like a painter collects colors. Tomatoes that taste like July. Figs that break the afternoon. Oranges, herbs, zucchine, random surprises from old seeds. They don’t “do” wellness. They live it—by sowing, pruning, harvesting, cooking, sharing.

Every evening, there was a ritual I never quite understood: dried fruits after the meal. A few almonds, sometimes walnuts, sometimes a little mix. No sermon, no science—just a habit. I only understood why much later.

The small ritual that changes everything

When I began studying biology, something clicked. Dried fruits are tiny powerhouses—polyphenols, vitamins, plant proteins and those good unsaturated fats that, when you pair them with carbs, help your energy feel steadier instead of spiking and crashing. It’s not a miracle. It’s mechanics. It’s food doing what food was designed to do.

Nonna, without graphs or jargon, had been running that experiment for decades: eat real food, keep moving, honor the land, finish with a handful of nature’s best.

The almond that tastes like home

The more I learned, the more I looked around me. In Sicily we grow almonds that are naturally aromatic and gently sweet—the kind pastry chefs use for torroncini, the kind families save for holidays and everyday moments alike. Among these, the Tuono cultivar is a quiet classic here: generous flavor, beautiful perfume, the kind you recognize blindfolded because it tastes like home.

So we asked a simple question: What if we captured that everyday wisdom in a jar? No shortcuts. No additives. Just the almond— protected, respected and ready for your table.

How Nonna Energia was born

• Short, transparent supply chain. Harvest → select → grind → jar.
• Clean recipes. Classic (100% Sicilian almonds). Chocolate (almonds + raw cacao + dates). Matcha (almonds + matcha).
• No refined sugar. No palm oil. No additives.
• Glass jars. Because good things deserve a good home—and you can reuse it.

We roast lightly (or not at all, depending on the batch), then grind until the texture reaches that silky, spoonable point where aroma opens up and your kitchen smells like a Sicilian afternoon. The natural almond oil rises to the top over time—stir it back in and you’re golden. That’s real nut butter.

What we stand for

We’re not selling a secret. We’re sharing a practice. A spoon on warm bread before a long day. A ripple into yogurt or oats before a workout or a big meeting. A dab on fruit when you want sweetness that actually lifts you. This is Nonna’s logic, translated: eat simply, move often, choose foods that love you back.

Our promise

• Flavor first. If it doesn’t make you close your eyes for a second, it’s not ready.
• Integrity always. Your jar should read like a pantry, not a lab.
• Roots and responsibility. We honor the farmers who make this possible and the land that made us.

Why the logo is a person, not a symbol

Because this is personal. There’s a real grandmother behind this brand—one who walks farther in a day than most of us do in a week, who cooks and cleans and cares because that’s how you love people. We don’t want to sell you an image of health; we want to share a heritage of energy—the kind you can feel in your legs, your focus, your mood.

If you ever visit

You might find Nonno checking the vines or weeding a row of beans just to keep it tidy. You might see Nonna heading down the road, back straight, steps quick, a little bag for the market swinging at her side. She’ll come home, slice fruit, put a few almonds in a saucer, and smile without explaining anything at all.

That’s Nonna Energia: movement, care and a handful of something good at the end.

How to bring Nonna home

• Classic on toasted bread with a squeeze of orange.
• Chocolate swirled into warm porridge before a long morning.
• Matcha with yogurt and a pinch of sea salt for a quiet, alert start.

When you open a jar, you’re not just tasting almonds. You’re tasting a way of living that has survived and thrived for nearly a hundred years. From our family’s hands to yours—buon cammino.

P.S. This story shares our family’s experience and the tradition that inspired Nonna Energia. It’s not medical advice—just a loving invitation to eat simply and feel steady.