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Gelati PEPINO 1884

Avigliana, Piedmont, Italy • 17 Employees
Food Production

Our story begins in 1884 when an artisanal gelato maker of Neapolitan origins, Domenico Pepino, decided to move north, more precisely, to Turin. In addition to bringing his family of ice creamers, he brought all the tools, molds and materials for producing and packaging his cold pastry specialties. Within a few years, he opened an ice cream parlor. "Vera Gelateria Artigiana"​ - True Artisanal Gelato - served as the slogan, and it soon became the symbol of Turin's greatest cold pastry. On June 17, 1916, Domenico Pepino sold the brand and manufacturing secrets, for the important sum of 10,000 lire, to Com. Giuseppe Feletti, already a well known and established industrial chocolate manufacturer, and his son in law Com. Giuseppe Cavagnino.By always maintaining high standards of quality, innovating, constantly renewing the product line, Gelati Pepino has received 4 Coats of Arms, between 1910 and 1932, making it the real gelato "Supplier of the Royal House"​ 1939 was a pivotal year in the company's history. After a long period of experimentation and study, Gelati Pepino finally patented and marketed the first gelato in the world to be served on a stick covered by chocolate: Pinguino® - the Penguin - (Patent No. 58033). At that time, a Pinguino® cost 1 Lira – the same as the cinema.The success of the Pinguino® remains incredible: the original recipe stands the test of time and the care put into producing the Pinguino® make it a gelato imitated all around the world.