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.Varmavuori, Marjaana: Italialainen jäätelö syntyy Suomenojalla , Länsiväylä 27 July 2011. Accessed on 5 January 2013. The products are produced in Vantaa., Official travel guide to Espoo. Accessed on 5 January 2013. 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.Kaaria, Satu; Leinonen, Tiina; Simola, Sami; Bäcksbacka, Katja: Kuin vattuja söisi, Helsingin Sanomat 15 July 2010. Accessed on 11 January 2013.

The name Pappagallo means "parrot" in Italian.

Activities Pappagallo was brought to Finland by the Italian Giorgio Gallo.Erkko, Anni: Sinivalkoisesta salmiakkijäätelöstä saa pian taistella , Kauppalehti 12 October 2011. Accessed on 11 January 2013. Production of ice cream then moved to the company Jäätelömestarit, which was bought by Arho Nordic in 2012.Yritys , Oy Arho Nordic Ab. Accessed on 14 January 2013. In March 2015 the company changed its name and is now operating as Green Taste.Arho Nordic on nyt Green Taste , Green Taste Oy. Accessed on 13 June 2015.

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. 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.Pekkala, Jenni: Jäätelö maistuu myös vegaaneille , Animalia 16 August 2011. Accessed on 11 January 2013.

See also List of ice cream brands

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