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“Summer would not be summer without ice cream,” as the saying goes. If you’re a fan of this delicious frozen food then you may have entertained ideas about starting your own ice cream business. The good news is that, wherever you are in the world, demand for ice cream is likely to be strong. Although sales peak during summer, it’s a business that can generate impressive profits. One thing that is key to making your business successful is creating a unique selling point for it – there are lots of competitors in the ice cream market. If you’re looking for ideas for starting your own ice cream this summer then these are some of the best.

Latest News in the World of Ice Cream Compiled by Carpigiani UK

Carpigiani UK has compiled the best, most relevant, funniest and strangest news stories relating to ice cream for April 2019. The news last month predicted great weather for the Easter holidays and beyond into the Summer. It looks like 2019 is going to be another bumper year for the ice cream, soft serve and gelato industry:

Vegan Ice Cream Recipes for Commercial Kitchens discussed by Carpigiani UK

More and more people now are changing their diets and turning to a plant-based diet or a vegan lifestyle including products that are made without non-vegan products and made cruelty-free. It is astounding that the number of vegans between 2014 and 2018 has quadrupled, with approximately 1.16% of the population eating and using plant-based products only, this compares to just 0.25% in 2014.

Latest News in the World of Ice Cream Compiled by Carpigiani UK

Carpigiani UK has compiled the best, most relevant, funniest and strangest news stories relating to ice cream for March 2019:

The Worlds Best Gelato Ice Cream University discussed by Carpigiani UK

Carpigiani is known as one of the leaders in the supply of Commercial Ice Cream Makers across the world and we have over 70 years of experience of supplying businesses with World Class Ice Cream Equipment. Our success is driven by our world-class ice cream makers and our technical ice cream experts who train and support businesses to make delicious Gelato using our full Operator Training and Gelato Ice Cream University.

Our Carpigiani UK team have a vast amount of experience, expertise and knowledge of ice cream and the ice cream industry. The team have access to world-renowned ‘Ice Cream Masters’ and our team of technical ice cream experts, and this knowledge pool is the key to your businesses success. We continue to be at the forefront of innovation in the supply and manufacture of Gelato and Soft Serve Ice Cream, Drink and Display equipment for restaurants, ice cream parlours and ice cream vendors in the UK, and all over the world.

When you next buy an ice cream whether it’s from an ice cream van, an ice cream parlour or a restaurant check out if they are using a Carpigiani machine as they most likely will be. Carpigiani Ice Cream is known as the best and the delicious flavours and textures are second to none when it comes to ice cream.

Our Carpigiani equipment is supplied to our customers and includes delivery, installation and operator training as standard, and you and your team will have access to our world-class and renowned Gelato Ice Cream University courses which are run regularly by our ice cream experts across the UK.

We also have a spare parts provision team so if one of our engineers comes out to service or repair your machine and by chance, they don’t have the part they need we can still ensure you are back up and running and serving ice cream to your customers quickly.

Find out more about our ‘Carpigiani Gelato Ice Cream University’ …..

Read Our Ultimate Ice Cream Guide from Carpigiani UK

Everyone loves ice cream whether it’s in the summer to cool down or in the winter as a delicious and sweet treat. For lots of people, it brings back fond memories and some people, if they are anything like me will go to great lengths to find the type and flavour of ice cream they love. We have put together an Ultimate Ice Cream Guide for you and you never know you might find something out about ice cream that you didn’t already know.

Where did Ice Cream originally come from?

So there are many thoughts from historians about where Ice Cream first came from. History tells us that ice cream was originally credited to the Chinese and it was created around 200 BC when a milk and rice mixture was frozen by packing it into the snow.

The explorer, Marco Polo is popularly cited for having seen ice-creams being made during his trip to China and later introduced these to Italy when he returned.

Roman emperors are supposed to have sent slaves to mountain tops to bring back fresh snow which was then flavoured and served as an early form of ice-cream.

The King of England, Charles I, is suggested to have offered his personal chef £500 a year to keep his ice-cream recipe a secret from the rest of England.

Ice Cream sundaes were invented when in the late 19th century it became illegal to sell ice-cream sodas on a Sunday in the American town of Evanston. Local Traders then replaced the soda with syrup and called the dessert an “Ice Cream Sunday” to get around this problem.

Ice Cream News February 2019 Compiled by Carpigiani

Carpigiani UK has compiled the best, most relevant, funniest and strangest news stories relating to ice cream for February 2019:

Low Fat Ice Cream Recipes discussed by Carpigiani UK

Everyone is trying harder to live and eat healthier and we all love a bit of ice cream and not just in the summer. It is the best thing to cool you down in the warmer months and a delight to spoil yourself in the winter to accompany a comfort food like apple pie or warm chocolate brownies. We have put together some amazing Low Fat Ice Cream Recipes for you which will delight your customers and enhance your menu.

2018 was a year of breaking records. The best weather for decades, the most ice cream sales and the most funding Carpigiani has ever released for ice cream businesses.

The Carpigiani Group has been awarded McDonald’s coveted Global Reliability Award, which recognises the supplier ‘whose products have the highest reliability score, and consistently meet or exceed all reliability thresholds’.