In the mid-nineteenth century, a young Swiss confectioner, Henri Auer, attracted by the abundance of Mediterranean fruit productions, came on the French Riviera and moved to Nice where his prosperous business.
In 1890, his son Henri-Christian takes the head of the institution and makes his famous candied fruit worldwide. Since 1931, Henri-Joseph and his son Jean-Jacques follow one another in the future of the institution.
Thierry Auer represents the fifth generation of confectioners.