Pappagallo (ice cream) facts for kids
Pappagallo is a Finnish brand that makes delicious Italian-style ice cream and sorbet. A company called Green Taste Oy owns it. Most of their products are made by hand. They follow old Italian recipes to create their tasty treats.
The ice cream is made in Vantaa, Finland. Pappagallo ice cream is a special kind called "gelato-style." This means it's a creamy milk ice cream. It has about 8 percent fat and 24 percent sugar. Their sorbet is made without milk. It has less than 1 percent fat and about 29 percent sugar.
The name Pappagallo means "parrot" in the Italian language.
How Pappagallo Started
Pappagallo was first brought to Finland by an Italian person named Giorgio Gallo. He wanted to share the taste of Italian ice cream.
Over time, the ice cream making moved to a company called Jäätelömestarit. Later, in 2012, another company named Arho Nordic bought Jäätelömestarit. In March 2015, the company changed its name again. It is now known as Green Taste.
What People Think of Pappagallo
People often enjoy Pappagallo's ice cream and sorbet. In the summer of 2010, a newspaper called Helsingin Sanomat reviewed their products. The reporter tried the raspberry sorbet. They said it was "like eating raspberries," and even had the seeds!
The chocolate ice cream was described as dark and strong. The liquorice ice cream tasted like salty liquorice.
In 2011, a group called Animalia chose Pappagallo's mango sorbet as the best milk-free ice cream of the year. They said it was fresh and had a strong mango flavor. They also described it as full-bodied, juicy, and tasting like a real mango. It was fruity and just sweet enough.
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