Cornetto

The Cornetto experience consists of a delicious, crispy-baked wafer, coated inside from top to bottom with a chocolote-flavour layer, combined with a delicious ice cream.

A perfectly developed recipe

Cornetto cones were first produced in 1976 by an Italian ice-cream manufacturer, Spica, based in Naples. It was at this time that Unilever bought Spica and began to market the product throughout Europe. Thanks to the ads, including the famous operatic gondolier, Cornetto ice cream has become one of the most well-known ice creams in the UK & Ireland.

Innovation

We’re continuously bringing new flavours to the Cornetto range and its crisp wafer cone. In 2004 the Cornetto brand launched a limited edition Love Potions range. In 2005 this was followed by Cornetto Mint and Cornetto Caramel in 2006.

We launched the fabulous Cornetto Choco Disc in 2007 – a cone filled with vanilla-flavour ice cream with a Dulce de Leche flavour centre, topped with a milk chocolate disc with cashew nuts. To build on the “disc” platform in 2008 we launched Fruiti Disc.

In 2007 the Cornetto Chocolate recipe got even better. It contains a delicious chocolate ice cream topped with caramelised almond and chocolate pieces in a crispy baked wafer.

And in 2009 we launched Cornetto Love ice creams. Cornetto Love Chocolate combines milk, dark and white chocolate ice creams in a chocolate wafer cone topped with triple chocolate curls. Cornetto Love Disc offers smooth vanilla ice cream with a rich caramel core, topped with a chocolate disc with cashew nut pieces.

• Cornetto ice cream is still the UK & Ireland’s No.1 branded ice cream in a cone*

• We now do Cornetto in a mini format (Classic and Chocolate)

• Cornetto is available in six varieties, Strawberry, Classico, Mint, Love Chocolate, Love Disc and Cornetto Minis.

*IRI Sales Data 21st March 2009