The Sidemen ice-cream, duel soft-serve machines and Hackney Gelato sorbetto: The best new products for ice-cream parlours

With summer in full flow, ice-cream parlours and dessert cafés will be looking to take advantage of peak consumer demand for cooling sweet treats.

 

Unusual ice-cream flavours and the latest technologically advanced ice-cream machines could offer a point of difference for venues in the gelato business.

 

Therefore, we have rounded up the latest ice-cream and associated kit launches for the hospitality sector.

 

Refresh your ice-cream menu with these new products.

 

The Sidemen’s ice-cream

YouTubers the Sidemen have launched a range of ice-cream under the collective’s Sides brand. The range features flavours inspired by fan-favourite treats, including Marshmallow Cake, Chocolate Brownie Fudge Cake, American Style Cookie, Cookies & Cream Cookie, Chocolate & Vanilla Cone, and Stracciatella Stick. The range was developed and trialled alongside ice-cream manufacturer Beechdean and is available through wholesaler Brakes.

 

Price 24 pack of 110ml tubs, from £25.49

 

Dual soft-serve machine

Carpigiani has launched the UF 920 SP, which can produce 1,280 portions of soft-serve ice-cream an hour. The unit can serve twin twist or single flavours of ice-cream, gelato, frozen yogurt and sorbet. It has dual cylinders and controls, which means it can run two different product or cleaning programmes simultaneously, as well as offering Carpigiani’s self-pasteurising technology with a 42-day cleaning cycle. Operators can also choose between a twin twist door – lowering the left and right levers dispense single flavours, the central lever dispenses a mix of the two – or two independently functioning doors.

 

Price UF920 GSP, £24,673

 

Mini Egg ice-cream

Artisan ice-cream brand Simply Ice Cream has relaunched its Mini Egg Ice Cream flavour, which features crushed Mini Egg pieces swirled through creamy ice-cream. The variety is available in two litre and 4.75 litre scooping tubs, as well as 120ml and 500ml tubs. Simply Ice Cream does not use any artificial colours, flavours, emulsifiers or preservatives.

 

Price Two litre tub, £14

 

Compact soft-serve machines

Foodservice Equipment Marketing has introduced the Ugolini MiniGel Plus soft-serve ice-cream machines. The units are compact and easy to use, with a mixing system that can produce a soft fluffy serve or a denser ice-cream. A backlit user-friendly display shows the temperature and status of the machine and product. The MiniGel Plus is fitted with a RecoverEnergy system, an insulating shell and bowl system designed to optimise energy efficiency while preventing surface condensation. Three sizes of machine are available: a single unit with a bowl capacity of six litres, a double dispenser with two bowls, and a triple dispenser with three bowls.

 

Price From £2,570

 

Jude’s and Hackney Gelato sorbettos

Wholesaler Brakes has revamped its ice-cream range with an exclusive range of gelatos and sorbettos from producers Hackney Gelato and Jude’s. The gelatos from Hackney Gelato are produced using traditional methods, where they are churned slowly to keep the ice and air out for a smoother texture. There are 13 varieties in a 4.5 litre format, including a Raspberry and Alphonso Mango sorbetto or gelatos in Pistachio, Chocolate & Roasted Hazelnut, and Sea Salted Caramel flavours. Jude’s 4.75 litre Napoli range includes flavours such as Bubblegum, which is naturally coloured with spirulina, and Speculoos Caramel Biscuit.

 

Price Hackney Gelato 4.5 litre tub, from £33