Smart Tips On Choosing A Commercial Gelato Machine

Desserts have been a great part of our meals, regardless of country and culture. Many enjoy desserts after the main course of the meal, or during snack time and leisure time. Desserts can be purchased at stores, small shops, or made at home.     Most people, especially kids, would say that dessert is best when […]

How the Right Gelato Freezer and Gelato Display can make a Huge Difference in Your Gelato Experience

There is one cold food that is considered by many as comfort food, gelato. This mild-tasting, soft, and silky dessert is recognized as being a healthier choice than typical ice cream. Gelato is an Italian word and this Italian style of making ice cream is superior to other types of cold desserts. While gelato is […]

First Time Food Show Fun

Imagine the impact of more than 2,670 exhibitors, 47,000 specialty food and beverage professionals and an exhibit hall spanning the equivalent of six football fields. That was the scene during Villa Dolce’s first appearance at the 2016 Summer Fancy Food Show held late June in New York’s Javits Center.   With Italy as the largest […]

Villa Dolce Gelato will be at the Fancy Food Show!

Cocktails, candy, chocolates and cheese….you’ll find all this and much, much more next week at the Fancy Food Show, North America’s largest specialty food and beverage show. From June 26th – 28th, Villa Dolce Gelato will be among the 46,000+ industry professionals attending the Fancy Food Show held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York […]

12 Food and Drink Trends – Part 1

At Villa dolce, we’ve been following the trends in the food and drink category for the last 15+ years.  We’ve watched the rise (and sometimes fall) of trends like food trucks, cupcakes, bacon, craft cocktails, and cronuts.  So we were very intrigued when Mintel, the world’s leading market intelligence agency, published their predictions for 2016. Mintel’s analyst […]

Spectacular Single-Serve Gelato Cups

What is most important to today’s consumers is convenience. Since many consumers are time stressed, multi tasking has become not just a habit, but a way of life. Everyone works too much and over schedules their time. One of the great joys is to find a little time for an affordable, elegant luxury. Single-serve Gelato […]

Gelato Now Mainstream in U.S. Market

For many years, Americans would return from a visit to Italy raving about the food – it’s almost impossible to have a bad meal in Italy. And a big part of every conversation was gelato, which is served on what seems like every block in every city throughout the country. The eye-popping flavors and creamy […]

Gelato vs Ice Cream

The reasons are simple: Gelato is made with all natural ingredients, has less fat and fewer calories. More specifically: GELATO IS DENSER Gelato is much denser than Ice Cream, which means the flavors are much more intense. This is primarily due to how it’s made: Ice Cream is churned faster and harder  which whips in […]