About Antonelli
Our Business Philosophy
Knowing our story is one thing, but understanding our business philosophy is another. At Antonelli we are not looking for a quick sale, our Business Relationship Managers are here to support your business as you grow, building lasting relationships, so you know you can always contact us for advice and technical support. Our family values extend beyond blood relations to our employees, our customers and our community. Read some of our reviews to see how we have helped some customers in the past.
Our Ingredients for Success
We are the UK’s only manufacture of wafer, sugar and waffle cones. Our quality reflects our reputation as bakers of ‘Cones for the Connoisseur’.
Making Ice Cream
We provide high quality ingredients and flavours for making ice cream from leading Italian suppliers. See our Ingredients brochure for making ice cream.
Serving Ice Cream
We supply spoons, decorations, tubs and retail packaging alongside our cones to support our customers with serving ice cream and gelato.
We are committed to serving our customers beyond delivering products. Quality & service are a key focus for us, as well as offering differentiation for our customers, adding value with ongoing support.
Our diverse and comprehensive product offering, dedicated technical team and purpose built training facility demonstrate our investment in this business approach. The ice cream market is not only our business it is our passion and part of our family culture. It is as important to us as it is to you that we maintain top quality standards in all areas of production, distribution and sales support.
The value of our heritage
To have survived through two world & several price wars, periods of high interest rates, recession, pandemic and market consolidation takes something special; it requires passion and determination as noted by one of our suppliers on the occasion of our centenary:
"A company that exists for 100 years is a company, in which for a hundred years people have worked and continue to work with great passion and love. Their success is the sum of all the positivity donated to the world in a century of commitment."
To read more about our heritage click on the link below.
Made in the UK
So, words are all very well but what does this actually mean to you – the customer? Being the only UK manufacturer of a sugar cones, wafer cones and waffle cones means minimal handling and therefore reduced breakages, which inevitably saves you time and optimises efficiency. We supply to you directly from our bakery in Manchester, shortening your supply chain and creating a positive impact on the environment.
Partner Businesses
With our exclusive partnerships with world leading Italian ingredients suppliers (see below), we are pleased to offer our customers the widest range of ingredients for making ice cream and gelato.
Alongside our cones, wafers & curls, we provide everything needed to create exceptional products – from core ingredients to the finishing touches that complete the final result.
We also attend events and exhibitions across the UK, giving customers the opportunity to discover new products, discuss market trends and learn more about the technical support and expertise our team can provide.
Comprital
Innovation is the founding spirit of Comprital, a high quality gelato ingredient creator based near Milano in northern Italy. With over 30 years in the industry, Comprital is considered as the ‘chefs choice’, known for using innovative processes and natural ingredients to create products for the artisan gelato maker.
If you are keen on eliminating artificial ingredients then ask us about their Giubileo range of products, which is the most natural product range available on the market. They recently added another high end brand “La Preferita” to their family.
Comprital’s strong focus on research and development means they have a dedicated department with qualified food technologists working full time on new products for the gelato maker. They are at the leading edge of the industry and are known for their quality worldwide.
Martini
Well established in the food sector since its foundation by Luciano Martini, the business has invested in top Italian gelato chefs to develop an exciting new range of intense and indulgent gelato making ingredients. With it’s 50th anniversary on the horizon, the business is making a big impact in the UK gelato market with Antonelli .
Although best known by many around the world for their vegetable fats, creams and chocolate, Martini is rapidly building on this expertise to increase their range of gelato ingredients, many of which are particularly suited to the UK market. As part of the Unigrà organisation, Martini can respond to market demands from all sectors of the market from artisan to retail, retail to industrial.
We Care
Whether you are established in your business or just starting out, we can offer advice and support to help grow your business, tweak recipes to improve shelf life or reduce cost, whilst still using your original traditional methods or discuss with you making changes to your production process. We provide ice cream training courses, support skills development, help with new processes or we can just be that reassuring back up at the end of a phone. Our mission is simple: “Make Customers Happy”.
Use the links below to find out more.