La Tempesta is a nationally recognized, premium brand with an established customer base of top gourmet, specialty food, department and grocery stores. Founded in 1983, and acquired by CBI in 1997, La Tempesta's success began with the pioneering introduction of biscotti - an authentic Italian, all-natural, low-fat, snack cookie - to the U.S. market. La Tempesta's leadership position in the increasingly popular biscotti snack segment, coupled with its record of innovation in Italian style baked confections including biscotti, Amaretti, clusters and other chocolate treats positions the brand at the high end of quality confections. The La Tempesta brand has been dubbed "The Mother of Modern Biscotti", a powerful description of La Tempesta's category leadership position. Based on an authentic Tuscan recipe, La Tempesta was the first biscotti brand to establish a national presence and has played an influential role in shaping the biscotti tastes of American consumers. La Tempesta is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.