Italian Food: Gelato


Gelato is Italian ice cream, made with a base of milk, cream, and sugar, and flavored with fruit and nut purees and other flavourings.


Five interesting facts about gelato:

  • While ice cream is made with cream and must have at least a 10% fat content, gelato is made with mostly milk, so it’s lower (about 4-8%) in fat.
  • It has 20 to 30 percent air, while ice cream can contain 50 percent or more air churned into it.
  • It is served 10 to 15 degrees warmer than ice cream.
  • It is creamier, smoother and silkier, as well as denser and more elastic and fluid, than ice cream.
  • It isn’t scooped, it’s served with a spade.


Ice cream
Gelato, Mestre, Italy

Ice cream
Gelato, Rome, Italy

Italian ice cream
Gelato, Sora, Italy


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18 comments

  1. Candysfarmhousepantry9:52 pm EEST

    We have enjoyed eating gelato before. It is extremely good but a little goes a long way. So rich and yummy

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  2. Tizzy-Licious10:52 pm EEST

    I tried gelato once, but I was not too impressed. I am just an ice cream kind of girl.

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  3. Amanda Dunn10:56 pm EEST

    I far prefer gelato to ice cream. I was in Greece for 10 days and we had gelato every day!!

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  4. Aireona11:17 pm EEST

    These pictures look SO good. I want to go out and get some gelato, but honestly, I am not sure that there is a good gelato place in my home town. :/

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  5. Mary Burris11:26 pm EEST

    I love a good gelato. My favorites being the fruit flavors. I tend to like the texture better than regular ice cream.

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  6. Amanda P5:36 am EEST

    Oh my goodness, this looks amazing! I don't think I've ever actually had gelato but I want to try it now. :)

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  7. Sheena Moncatar1:41 am EEST

    I love how you laid out the five interesting facts about gelato. Now I know better! Great instagramable pictures, looks yummy!

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  8. Colossal Umbrella1:15 pm EEST

    Love the pictures and I love Gelato. Their taste is amazing and mouth-watering. I wish I could have one now but have a bad throat.

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  9. Chuck12:58 pm EEST

    Wow! Those pictures of gelato are really mouth watering! Definitely make me want to go to nearest mall who are selling ice cream!! - Chuck

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