Pappagallo (ice cream)

Pappagallo is a Finnish brand of Italian ice cream and sorbet owned by the company Green Taste Oy. The products are mostly made by hand according to traditional Italian recipes.[1] The products are produced in Vantaa.[2] Pappagallo ice cream is gelato-style milk ice cream, containing 8 percent fat and about 24 percent sugar. The milk-free sorbet contains less than 1 percent fat and about 29 percent sugar.[3]

The name Pappagallo means "parrot" in Italian.

Activities

Pappagallo was brought to Finland by the Italian Giorgio Gallo.[4] Production of ice cream then moved to the company Jäätelömestarit, which was bought by Arho Nordic in 2012.[5] In March 2015 the company changed its name and is now operating as Green Taste.[6]

Evaluation

In summer 2010 Helsingin Sanomat evaluated the products offered by the Pappagallo kiosk in the Merituuli shopping centre in Suomenoja, Espoo. According to the reporter the raspberry sorbet was "like eating raspberries, it even had the seeds". The reporter also described the chocolate ice cream as dark and strong, the liquorice ice cream as tasting like salty liquorice.[3] The vegan board of Animalia chose Pappagallo's mango sorbet as the milk-free ice cream product of the year in 2011, describing it as fresh, with an intense mango flavour, full-bodied, juicy, tasting like a real mango, fruity and suitably sweet.[7]

See also

References
  1. Varmavuori, Marjaana: Italialainen jäätelö syntyy Suomenojalla Archived 2015-06-10 at the Wayback Machine, Länsiväylä 27 July 2011. Accessed on 5 January 2013.
  2. Tehtaanmyymälät ja erikoisliikkeet: Pappagallo, Official travel guide to Espoo. Accessed on 5 January 2013.
  3. Kaaria, Satu; Leinonen, Tiina; Simola, Sami; Bäcksbacka, Katja: Kuin vattuja söisi, Helsingin Sanomat 15 July 2010. Accessed on 11 January 2013.
  4. Erkko, Anni: Sinivalkoisesta salmiakkijäätelöstä saa pian taistella Archived 2012-05-20 at the Wayback Machine, Kauppalehti 12 October 2011. Accessed on 11 January 2013.
  5. Yritys Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, Oy Arho Nordic Ab. Accessed on 14 January 2013.
  6. Arho Nordic on nyt Green Taste Archived 2015-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Green Taste Oy. Accessed on 13 June 2015.
  7. Pekkala, Jenni: Jäätelö maistuu myös vegaaneille Archived 2011-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, Animalia 16 August 2011. Accessed on 11 January 2013.
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