Gelato Day 2022: the supply chain closed 2021 with a recovery (+ 25%) with a turnover of 8.7 billion euros and looks forward to the current year with optimism
Among the gastronomic products with more flavors to the world, of which it is estimated every Italian has consumed about 2.8 pounds in 2021, the Homemade ice cream it is the emblem of the craftsmanship and creativity of artisans and is appreciated far and wide across the planet by people of all ages. Not only that: it also represents excellence in terms of quality and food safety, and, not surprisingly, it is the only food to which the European Parliament have ever dedicated a day – the European Day of Artisan Gelatothat next 24 march will celebrate the tenth anniversary: an occasion to pay homage to a supply chain capable of supporting a turnover of € 8.7 billionover 65,000 points of sale and 300,000 employees in Europe alone.
Gelato Day 2022: the numbers of gelato in Italy and in Europe
Despite the setback caused by the outbreak of the pandemic (-35% of turnover in 2020), the supply chain has already registered a + 25% in 2021, almost completely recovering the ground lost previously, as revealed by the estimates of theOsservatorio Sigep: the positive trend mainly affected the summer of 2021, with consumption mainly driven by national tourism in the most important countries, such as Italy, Germany, Spain, and peaks due to the high temperatures that supported consumption in Central and Southern Italy. And in 2022 a further recovery in tourist flows is expected, which feeds the optimism of the European artisans of artisanal ice cream, a real trait d’union of the Old Continent, capable of combining tradition with innovation, creativity with technique, quality ingredients with the latest generation equipment.
The Homemade ice cream in fact, it counts on a very broad geography in which Europe is the absolute protagonist. If ice cream parlors are present in 76 countries in the world, the Old Continent is in the forefront both for the presence of ice cream parlors (about 65 thousand) and for artisanal consumption – first of all in Italy, Germany, Spain and Poland, but the presence is also important in other countries, from Austria to France, from Belgium to Holland. Italy, in particular, stands out for its turnover (2.8 billion euros in 2019, 1.85 billion in 2020 and 2.3 billion in 2021) and the number of artisan ice creamand (36,000 between ice cream parlors, pastry shops and ice cream bars), with the highest concentration of ice cream parlors in Lombardy (11.2%), followed by Tuscany (9,3%) e Sicily ed Emilia Romagna (8,4%).
The Italian leadership in the world also concerns the sector of ingredients and semi-finished products for ice cream, in which, according toOsservatorio Sigep65 companies operate which generate a total turnover of 1.8 billion euros, of which 800 million of semi-finished products for ice cream. Not to mention the significant impact on the food chain: about 220 thousand tons of milk, 64 thousand tons of sugars and 50 thousand tons of fresh and dried fruit and other raw materials, often concerning small Italian agricultural excellence, such as Bronte pistachio (about 1,500 tons are purchased every year, almost half of Bronte’s total production, to make pistachio ice cream) or Piedmontese hazelnut (the ingredients companies buy, transform and resell about 1,800 tons of shelled Piedmontese hazelnuts per year), Sicilian almonds or Sorrento lemons.
Since then not forget the sector of machines and equipments for the ice cream, in which the Belpaese is again in the first row, exporting more than 70% of production: second ACOMAG – National Association of Ice Cream Machine Furnishing Equipment Manufacturersthanks to the sharp recovery in 2021, the sector was close to the results of the pre-pandemic, with a turnover of 500 million euros and 1,300 employees in Italy alone.
Gelato Day 2022 e delivery
By now the habit of buying food online is consolidated, the Homemade ice cream He sees growing numbers even when talking about delivery. Already in 2020 the European market of food delivery it totaled $ 13.8 billion. Is exactly Deliveroothe leading online food delivery platform, has confirmed, for the second consecutive year, its support for European Day of Artisan Gelato ice cream with active partners in its circuit, and an information campaign dedicated to this beloved product. In Italy, according to data shared by Deliveroothe main cities for ice cream orders are Ferrara, Parma, Goriziafollowed by Domodossola, Terni, Carpi, Modena, Sanremo, Pisa e Pavia. But it tastes ordering Italians? In the last quarter of 2021, showed a positive trend in the salted caramel (+ 112%), on milk cream (+ 95%), the crunchy granny (+ 85%), and again: tiramisu, licorice, biscuit, Grand Cru stracciatellain the end Nutella, white chocolate e Kiss.
Gelato Day 2022 10th European day of artisanal ice cream
Looking forward to celebrating the tenth edition of the Ice Cream Day the 24 marchwhich will officially kick off the 2022 season, artisanal gelato and its professionals will be among the protagonists of the 43rd edition of SIGEPthe International Exhibition of Artisan Ice Cream, Pastry, Bakery and Coffee of Italian Exhibition Group scheduled from 12 to 16 March at Rimini Fair. On this occasion, Artglace will turn the spotlight on the tenth edition of the Ice Cream Day and will reward Silvia Chiricothe owner of the Chirico Estate ad Ascea (Salerno) who signed the official recipe of “Sweet Symphony“, the Taste of the Year 2022as well as Taila Semeraro of the ice cream parlor Ciccio in the square Of Ostuni (BR), Luca Coccè of the ice cream parlor Sins of Gluttony Of Gallarate (VA) ed Andrea Lunardon of the ice cream parlor Temptations Of Soave (VR)or the three winning ice cream makers of 2021 video competitionwith which last year ice cream artisans from all over Europe were invited to make short videos by opening the doors of their laboratories and revealing the secrets of the preparation of Taste of the Year 2021the shortbread.
A video contest that has met with great success, so much so that Artglace has decided to propose it again for 2022, calling the European ice cream makers to juggle with creativity and mastery among chocolate, hazelnuts, fresh ricotta and figs in rum syrup – the ingredients of the official recipe of “Sweet Symphony”- making a short 90-second video in which to show the preparation of the Taste that will be the absolute protagonist of the tenth anniversary of Ice Cream Day.
All ice cream parlors in Italy and Europe are invited to participate in the competition to establish the recipe for Taste of the Year 2022 “Sweet Symphony” and to adhere to the 2022 edition of Ice Cream Day registering on the site www.gelato-day.com and reporting all the events planned for 24 March 2022.
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