Perlini
Five sugared almonds in tulle is the oldest wedding favour in the Mediterranean, and Malta kept the word its neighbours use for it. The confectioner designs the dressing and buys in the almonds, because a coating pan is a factory tool and a confectioner is a workshop; the favour company does the same for the couples who order online. Today the table takes perlini by colour to match the flowers, chocolate dragées in milk, dark and white for the couples who do not want almonds, and mini bars and boxed Turkish delight for the ones who want something else. The dragée page lists the groups.
By colour, by the carton
Sugared almonds come one colour per carton or mixed, in the whites, ivories and pastels the wedding trade asks for; chocolate dragées and coated nuts in a matching range. The case weight per line is stated in the offer, so a confectioner knows how many tables a carton dresses before it orders, and the colours can be run to your own palette on selected lines under the private label page, with the cartons carrying your name. The sugared almonds article goes through the tradition.
Timing and the season
Maltese weddings cluster from spring to autumn, and a container from Mersin takes its own time, so a confectioner plans the whites and ivories for the year and the pastels of the coming season in smaller cartons; the offer states the case weight so the split is easy to make. Sugared almonds keep well and travel dry all year; chocolate dragées are quoted in the reefer for the warm months, and the goods travel with the A.TR certificate under the customs union.
Who buys the container
A confectioner or a favour company buys by the carton from a wholesaler or an importer; the importer fills the container. Because the container is mixed, perlini travel on their own pallet next to chocolate, Turkish delight and festa sweets, so a wholesaler that serves the wedding trade adds the favour lines to an order it was making anyway. A large confectioner that is registered as a food business and pools a container is quoted like an importer.
Price, and what is not printed here
The price per line in US dollars, the case count, the pallet plan and the tariff line are in the offer, with what applies to the agricultural component on the day; nothing that moves with the exchange rate or the season is printed on this site. What a confectioner sells the dressed favour for is its own craft; what the almonds cost by the carton is in the offer before it orders.
What to send first
The lines from the chocolate page, the dragée page and the Turkish delight page, the quantity per line, whether you want the load by sea or by road, and whether any line carries your own brand. The written offer follows within two working days, in US dollars and the A.TR paperwork listed; the samples page explains how to taste the lines first, and the Malta page lists what stays the same on every offer.
Can a confectioner order perlini in its own colours?
Yes, on selected lines: we run the colours you name and the cartons carry your brand. The minimum per colour is stated in the offer.
Do sugared almonds need a reefer?
No, they travel dry all year. Chocolate dragées travel in the reefer with the chocolate lines in the warm months.
What is the minimum?
One full container, mixed across lines. A confectioner that does not fill one buys by the carton from the importer that does, or pools an order.
