A family-run Carmarthenshire ice cream firm has won a two-year contract to supply NHS hospitals in Wales.
Frank's Ice Cream, based at Capel Hendre in Ammanford, will make more than a million small tubs of strawberry and vanilla ice cream a year.
Giulio Dallavalle, who runs the firm with brother Renaldo, said they have a special ice cream to win the contract. The award-winning firm's 20 employees are now working round-the clock, seven days a week.
The Italians claim to make the finest ice cream in the world and Giulio and Renaldo Dallavalle of Frank's Ice Cream, based in Carmarthenshire, have long been acknowledged as one of the UK's leading manufacturers.
Frank's Ice Cream, based at Capel Hendre in Ammanford, will make more than a million small tubs of strawberry and vanilla ice cream a year.
Now the business that was originally established in 1920 has secured a two-year contract to supply all NHS hospitals in Wales with its premium ice cream.
Giulio Dallavalle said: 'This is a substantial contract for us and we're delighted with the outcome.'
'We developed a distinct recipe and a specific product in order to meet the nutritional and dietary requirements of the NHS and we worked closely with dieticians to create a skimmed milk, low-fat product that is suitable for all types of patients.'
Food safety in Wales has been given a boost with the launch of new food-buying guidance by the Welsh Assembly Government.
The Minister for Business and Budget, Jane Hutt, has announced a new food procurement framework of guidance. The launch took place during a visit to Frank's Ice-cream in Ammanford, suppliers of ice-cream to schools and hospitals around the country.
They are holders of the 'Britain's Best Ice Cream 2009' award, and they also scooped the FSA Gold Food Safety Award. Produced by the Assembly Government's Value Wales division, this guidance aims to ensure that safe food is served on the public plate.
Newest Review: ... a 'soft scoop' texture and it appeared to be very creamy. It looked like a high end creamy vanilla ice cream.
The taste Now appearance and fragrance are all very well but let's be honest it's the taste that has to be right isn't it? Well, I am pleased to say that it is gorgeous!
It is quite simply a delicious, creamy vanilla ice cream. It isn't too sweet and there is no nasty aftertaste that you occasionally get with the sweeteners used in 'diabetic' products.
I will start by saying that, although I am a diabetic, I rarely buy 'diabetic' products as I know from the research done by Diabetes UK that they are generally not worth the money.
It is usually better to eat the 'ordinary' equivalent but in moderation.
In fact if you eat some diabetic products such as chocolate the sweeteners used in them can have a quite severe laxative effect as I have discovered to my cost!.
A Carmarthenshire company are celebrating after their ice cream scooped a prestigious national award.
Judges chose Frank's Ice Cream, as the best vanilla ice cream at the National Ice Cream Competition run by the Ice Cream Alliance......more
Ice cream fans are in for a treat as award-winning West Wales company Frank's are set to launch their premium ice cream in Welsh Tesco stores.
Frank's will be launching five varieties of its popular ice cream in one litre tubs - vanilla, strawberries and cream, banana, mint chocolate chip, and a diabetic vanilla ice cream.
Based in Capel Hendre in Ammanford, the company has been making ice cream for 80 years and is run by brothers Giulio and Renaldo Dallavalle.
A family company has scooped the special award for the very best example of the nation's favourite flavour. It was a prize-giving organised across the entire UK by the Ice Cream Alliance, the industry's trade association, and it had more than 500 companies competing......more
School children to tuck into servings of local ice cream Children across Carmarthenshire are to enjoy their school dinners even more thanks to an agreement between the county council and Frank's Ice Cream.