In 1889, in the village of Isigny-sur-Mer, a gentleman named DUPONT created a butter trading company. While admiring the Normandy countryside, he had the idea of founding, in 1894, a dairy company which he called Dupont d'Isigny. Subsequently, in 1932, one of his employees, Ernest Fleutot, a great cook and gourmet, offered him a unique caramel recipe.
At Dupont d'Isigny, the caramel contains premium quality ingredients such as fresh milk from Isigny, butter and cream from Normandy, natural flavors added to sugar and glucose. All these ingredients are carefully measured and cooked very slowly by the confectioner in a copper cauldron.
Over the years, Dupont d'Isigny has expanded its range of confectionery, including specialities of hard boiled candies, chewy candies and jelly candies on a site equipped with modern industrial equipment. This while respecting the original caramel manufacturing techniques.
The secret of Dupont d'Isigny: Combining modernity and authenticity in the manufacture of sugar confectionery.
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The Dupont d'Isigny brand benefits from a strong regional reputation in Normandy. Recognized for the quality of its caramels, it only uses noble and regional dairy raw materials for their manufacture.
In 1889: Creation of the Dupont dairy by Louis Dupont.
In 1932: The company takes the name Dupont D'Isigny.
In 1944: The factory was destroyed by Allied bombing and then rebuilt.
In 1946: Purchase of the business by Nestlé while retaining the Dupont name.
In 1972: Dupont d'Isigny became famous thanks to its advertising in French cinemas.
In 1984: Acquisition by Mr Muhlbach – Orientation of the strategy towards Distribution Brands.
In 1995: Installation on the current Carentan site.
In 1997: Acquisition of a deposited candy line.
In 2006: Acquisition by Sucralliance.
In 2007: Implementation of a new ultra-modern chewy candy line.
In 2009: Development of a range of caramel chunks and cream intended for industrial use.
In 2012: Obtaining the state label “Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant” in recognition of the confectionery know-how of Dupont d'Isigny.
In 2016: Extension of the 1200m2 factory and installation of an extruded jelly candies production line.
In 2022: A second line of extruded jelly products has been set up in the workshop thanks to support from the government and the Normandy region.
Cast cooked sugars are poured and flavored hard candies, available in a wide choice of flavors.
Cooked cast sugars are hard candies, which may or may not be tart. Dupont d'Isigny masters this technology on different recipes and in different weights.
Soft, flavored and wrapped chewy pastes in cubic form, available in several flavors and in several recipes (with or without animal gelatin, without sugar).
Our chewing pastes produced in Dupont D'Isigny are round in shape with a liquid center. We are also able to produce this technology according to a vegetarian recipe.
The extruded gels are in the form of threads, citrus threads, long and short strips, long and short filled tubes.
These sweetened gummies are available in several flavors.
They can be of different flavors: vanilla, chocolate, hazelnut, coffee, without forgetting of course the traditional soft salted butter caramel.
These caramels are made from fresh milk coming directly from a partnership with a producer located a few kilometers from the factory.
Palet caramels are caramels in cubic form of 13 grams.
They are available in 6 flavors: vanilla, chocolate, hazelnut, salted butter, coffee and liquorice.
The hard caramels are made with Normandy crème fraîche.
They can be flavored with vanilla and Espresso flavors.
Caramel cream with fresh milk from Isigny and fleur de sel from Guérande.
Dupont d'Isigny Professionnel offers flakes of different calibers, different recipes and names, to meet the needs of professionals.
