The kiosk price for ice cream balls has risen to almost six euros in Helsinki.
We compared the sales prices of the ice cream ball in the capital. Mint kokko/il
This summer, kiosk ice cream will be sold at a higher price last summer, as production costs have risen, according to the Helsinki Ice Cream Factory.
Iltalehti compared the prices of ice cream ball in Helsinki and asked about new ice creams.
Ice cream manufacturers bring fresh taste worlds from apricot to orange as new products.
Helsinki ice cream factory
The Helsinki Ice Cream Factory will sell one ice cream ball for € 5.95 this summer. The cost of two balls is € 8.30.
CEO of Helsinki Ice Cream Factory Linda Magi says that the price of the ball has previously been € 5.50. The price of ice cream is influenced, for example, by rent, raw materials, cargo and employees’ salaries, he lists.
“Now, really, all the prices have risen,” Magi says.
According to him, the prices have not received much feedback.
– Not terribly, individual feedback really. Spring is only young, you can see what happens during the summer.
The new flavors of the coming summer at the Helsinki Ice Cream Factory include lactose -free cappuccino ice cream and vegan apricot ice cream.
New flavors, such as last summer’s pistachio ice cream, are usually well received by Mag.
– The most popular flavors have remained the same year after year. The most traditional flavors are in the prize.
Summer delicacies include earrings ice cream and liquorice orange ice cream. Illustration. Adobe Stock / AOP
Ingman ice cream
Unilever ice cream marketing director Laura Silver Island He says that the cost of ice cream is influenced by, for example, the cost of raw materials, ingredients and packaging, and the cost of production, energy and transportation.
Dealers and kiosks are free to set their own price on the ice cream ball. Therefore, the price of loose ice cream may vary between kiosks and locations in Finland.
For example, at the Ingman kiosk in Helsinki’s Esplanade, one ice cream ball costs five euros and two balls of seven euros.
Unilever’s summer new features include the loose ice cream version of Solero Exotic ice cream.
Penguin ice cream
Frroneri Finland owns the buildings of Penguin kiosk, but the kiosk business is provided by private kiosk entrepreneurs who determine the prices of ice cream independently.
In Helsinki, one ice cream ball at the Penguin Kiosk in Student Square costs € 5.50 and two ice cream balls € 7.50.
On the other hand, the Market Square’s Jädekings kiosk sells both Ingman and Penguin products at prices one ball of five euros and two balls of € 8.50.
Novelties of Penguin kiosks This summer will be earring ice cream and loose ice cream version of Fazer Domino ice cream. In addition, old familiar ice cream licorice and raspberry liquorice become lactose-free.
Traditional ice cream flavors are in the minds of customers. Illustration. Adobe Stock / AOP
Hottest ice cream trends
Valio is told that current ice cream trends come from the dessert world.
– For example, biscuit and cake flavors are trend. Surprising flavor combinations are of interest, and people are ready to try new flavors and product concepts such as ice cream make or protein ice cream, Business Manager Anni Norppa tells us by email.
– In the composition of the ice cream and the most interesting products that provide stimulation of all senses, that is, the products want to have sauces and various chewing, tough and crunchy “coincidences” and stimulus, including clear colors and contrasts. Raw materials are of interest to a certain kind of authenticity and quality.
Valio has no ice cream kiosk or products sold by ice cream kiosks in the range. As a new grocery store, Valio brings a lactose-free and gluten-free lacquer ice cream that mixes liquorice and orange flavors.