This year the NRA Show featured the inaugural “Swirl of Excellence” Frozen Yogurt Competition sponsored by Revel Systems. The competition was designed to recognize the best frozen yogurt at the NRA Show 2014. Four frozen yogurt experts sampled two flavors from participating vendors: original/natural/plain tart and vanilla.
Panel of frozen yogurt experts:
- Sonya Chudgar, Associate Editor of FSR Magazine, a magazine that serves the full service restaurant industry
- Chris Ciabarra, CTO and Co-Founder of Revel Systems, the leading iPad POS platform
- Susan Linton, aka Fro-Yo Girl, President and Founder of The International Frozen Yogurt Association (IFYA)
- Jeff Resnick, Founder and CEO of Forte Supply, the master distributor for Spaceman USA, a line of high quality soft serve machines
Each frozen yogurt flavor was rated on five attributes: Overall taste, aftertaste, natural/true to flavor, flavorful, and texture.
The Swirl of Excellence trophy was presented to the frozen yogurt mix vendor with the highest overall score for both flavors. Montebianco, an Italian company, won the Swirl of Excellence trophy. The experts enjoyed the real yogurt flavor of their frozen yogurt. Their vanilla frozen yogurt has a tart base and that natural tanginess from yogurt. Their plain frozen yogurt had a clean, refreshing, naturally tangy quality. We were honored to meet the man behind the frozen yogurt recipe, Paolo Personeni, Corporate Gelato/Frozen Yogurt Chef. Congratulations to Montebianco!
About Montebianco
Innovation, technology and evolution – the strong point of the Montebianco philosophy has always been its determination to look to the future.
It’s in this light that the company has made the quality of its service one of its true distinguishing features, year after year. This explains our decision to supply through the entire range, with semi-processed products sold under the Montebianco and Anselmi names and oven products and biscuits for ice creams, produced in our Chiaravalle and Eurobisco plants.
In 1993, Montebianco was the first company operating in the semi-processed sector for ice cream shops and bakeries to obtain the UNI-EN ISO 9001 quality certification.
Our commitment is summed up and reinforced today by the company image, which has been carefully built up to contain the very essence of the Montebianco philosophy – innovation, technology and evolution. And an unstoppable desire to keep on growing.
Innovation has always been a fundamental component in Montebianco’s growth strategy. Ever since it was founded in 1966, the company has offered cutting edge solutions which have made Italian ice cream a huge success story, in Italy and increasingly abroad. An example is Stabilmix, the first ready-to-use base mix on the market, which is still today a benchmark for the sector and has made Montebianco the leading supplier for artisanal ice cream mixes.
Year after year, we have introduced numerous cutting-edge, innovative and exclusive new products: the first dairy-free soy gelato; a complete range of semifreddo desserts; the unique warm gelato, with an impressive “mountain” presentation; or Doppiozero, the ice cream without added sugar or fat.
Montebianco’s products are available in Europe and the US and they are also planning to offer a line frozen yogurt machines called Gel Matic. Montebianco also had samples of gelato available for NRA attendees. For additional information, visit montebianco-usa.com
