‘Legendairy’ maker decorated

A Motueka ice cream behemoth has scooped another tally of national ice cream awards.

New Zealand Creameries, which is part of the Talley’s Group and churns out Deep South and Motueka Creamery brands, was “delighted” to top up its sweet success this year.

Its gold gongs included its Deep South Salted Caramel Fudge, Motueka Creamery Vanilla Bean, its newly released fig, rum and mascarpone flavour.

The company was also decorated with gold awards in the Primary ITO Export category for its chocolate, green tea, vanilla bean, and T’oberay vanilla bean flavours which are exported to Japan, China, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific.

Two silvers and three bronze further added to the tally.

General manager Dene Brosnan says its products were of the highest standards and its 35 dedicated staff made a smooth operation.

“One of the key factors that make our products exceptional is the use of fresh cream and real milk as the primary source of fat, which gives them a wonderful flavour and smooth creaminess,” he says.

“Our facility is of very high quality, developed and refined over the last 29 years with great care and dedication from the team. We work closely with our customers and adhere to strict export standards.

“The team is dedicated to showcasing the wonderful region, and we do that through our branding with the Motueka Creamery and some of the names we bring into the product descriptions, because the region holds a lot of great memories of summer holidays for people.”

Dene says its fig, rum and mascarpone ice cream was expected to make merry this Christmas.

“We’ve had lots of really great feedback… we worked closely with our customer to develop this recipe as a seasonal release for Christmas, we're looking forward to seeing how that sells,” he says.