Grey clay soil of the central Istria, humid and shady Motovun woods near the river Mirna and a mild climate without any significant temperature oscillations provide ideal conditions for a very delicate fruit of Tuber Magnatum Pico, more famous as the white truffle, the biggest and the most respected of all truffles.

Except in Istria that has the most finding places of extremely high quality, truffles could be found in some other provinces of Italy and France.

Truffle dogs.

Motovun's woods
White truffle

In Istria the truffles have been extracted since ancient times, and even Roman Emperors and Austrian-Hungarian aristocrats knew about it and consumed it because of its outstanding taste as well as because of aphrodisiac characteristic attributed to it. In Istria, beside the white truffle (Tuber Magnatum Pico) it is possible to find three other sorts of black truffles (Tuber Aestivum Vitt, Tuber uncinatum, Tuber melanosporum), which are less respected then its white relative.

Zigante family decided to get involved into the sale and processing of truffles in 1990, and present it in the world as an authentic Istrian product, which deserves attention of truffle lovers as a first-class delicacy.

Since then the company CEA trade Ltd. which is the property of the Zigante family is the only company that purchases, processes and cans truffles and places them at the home and foreign market as a product coming from Croatia and with a quality seal of the Zigante truffles.