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A rapidly expanding Lower Mainland frozen dessert business has set up shop at Vancouver International Airport.
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Uno Gelato takes flight at YVR
Published 4:04 PDT, Thu July 4, 2019
Last Updated: 2:13 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
Vancouver International Airport is the latest stop for a local gelato shop whose business is soaring.
Vancouver International Airport is the latest
stop for a local gelato shop whose business is soaring.
Uno Gelato specializes in artisanal
handcrafted Italian gelato and sorbetto and is quickly expanding its reach to
gelato lovers across the Lower Mainland.
The business originally opened its Kitsilano
location just last August and still serves as headquarters for producing Uno
Gelato’s frozen desserts, all of which are made in five litre micro-batches
before being transported to the rest of the locations multiple times a week.
“The most we can make per batch is five
litres, but that means we can really get in there and make sure our products
are top quality,” says Mike Raffan, the co-founder and managing partner of Uno
Gelato.
The batches follow the “farm-to-cone”
philosophy, which utilizes the abundance of fresh, high-quality products we
have here in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Some of the company’s local
partners include Avalon Dairy in the Fraser Valley for organic milk, Tesfa
Farms in Langley for water buffalo milk, and Sweet Tree Ventures in Quesnel for
B.C. birch syrup which is used as a natural sweetener.
Since some products are not naturally grown
in the Lower Mainland, Uno Gelato is forced to import them. These
philosophically-sourced products, such as Israeli mangoes, are featured in some
of its more popular flavours. The local produce can make for some wild
flavours. Consider yourself lucky if you’ve gotten your hands on their water
buffalo milk and lemon sorbet while it was still in stock. For traditional
gelato lovers, classic flavours such as salted caramel and Midnight chocolate
are often in circulation.
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