What is it?
’Gelato’ is the Italian word for ’ice cream’. In Italy, ice cream was traditionally made fresh every day, in contrast to industrial mass market ice cream, and was typically milk-based not cream-based.
What difference does this make?
The best way to see the difference is to try it for yourself. Fresh ice cream is soft and velvety and has a very different consistency to industrial ice cream which is deep frozen and generally has a long shelf life. Milk based gelato is also a healthier product as it is less heavy and contains much less fat than cream-based ice cream, making it easier to digest and not so filling. We also believe the flavours are more intense and cleaner as high levels of fat can coat the tongue and dull the tastebuds. Italian gelato does not need to be ‘over-flavoured’ to compensate for this.