Ice cream production volume in Russia decreased by 11.1% in 2022 compared to 2021 and decreased to 468 thousand tons. In this respect Wrote The Kommersant newspaper cites a study by the Milknews agency, the consulting firm Streda Consulting, the Soyuzmoloko association and the Ice Cream Producers Association.
It was also noted that the Russian conglomerate Iceberry (Plombir Vologodsky, Filevskoye, Zhemchuzhina Rossii) increased its production by 19.6% to 52.6 thousand units in 2022, making it the largest ice cream producer in Russia. Renna (from Korovka, Korenovka) fell to second place, reducing production by 7.4% to 46.7 thousand tons.
British Unilever (Magnat, Gold Standard) dropped its ice cream production by 13.3% to 39,000 tons, ranking third.
Iceberry associated its good results with the launch of a new plant in the Yaroslavl region, as well as the modernization of plants in Vologda and Penza.
dpa agency in first half of march WroteIn Germany, one of the local cafes started serving cricket-flavored ice cream sprinkled with dried crickets after the European Union allowed them to eat some insects.