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Mike Downing

PREGEL

AMERICA
With a worldwide network of
more than 25 International Training Centers, PreGel America
hosts five educational establishments located within major U.S.
cities including Charlotte, North
Carolina; Los Angeles; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Chicago; and
Dallas, as well as three distribution facilities in the East, West
and Central regions.
Established in 2002, PreGel
America is a B2B developer, manufacturer, and distributor of high
quality, shelf-stable, semi-finished
dessert ingredients and supplies.
As one of more than 23 subsidiaries of the company's main headquarters in Reggio Emilia, Italy,
PreGel America supplies diverse
product lines that fulfill the supply needs for artisans of gelato,
sorbetto and ice cream, soft serve
ice cream, pastry and confections, and specialty beverages.

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that allow chefs to be creative and intro-

rate pastry chef and International Training

duce their unique versions of innovation

Center (ITC) area manager for North

to the market. Our International Training

America, sees two speciﬁc trends impacting

Centers and team of chefs provide in-depth

the future of retail bakery/foodservice:

training and recipe ideation.

the inﬂuence of the vegan movement and
artisan ﬂours.

For example, this fall, PreGel America is
shining a spotlight on some of its cool autumn

The bakery-speciﬁc curricula PreGel

ﬂavors for the upcoming cooler season.

America offers at all ﬁve US locations of
its PreGel International Training Centers

PreGel's Sprint line is a collection of Cold

and a team of trained pastry chefs who are

Process complete powdered mixes that

versed in the latest techniques in pastry, as

offer the quick and easy preparation of

well as assist with recipe development, help

artisanal gelato, sorbetto, or soft serve

retail bakeries address both challenges and

frozen desserts. Among the fall ﬂavors

opportunities through innovation.

featured in the line: Pumpkin Spice Sprint
(an instant powdered product for creating

"Our team of chefs that staff the

gelato is spiced with a combination of clove,

International Training Centers are a huge

cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg), Spiced

asset for pastry artisans," Downing says.

Apple Cider Sprint (an instant ﬂavored

"We also have gelato technicians that can

powdered mix duplicates the ﬂavor of

travel to conduct personal demos. PreGel's

freshly pressed apple cider enhanced with

team of sales consultants are also versed in

the dominant tastes of cinnamon, allspice,

doing demos on site when necessary. We

nutmeg, and cloves), and Salted Caramel

have an amazing sales team and marketing

Sprint (an instant ﬂavored powdered mix

team that keep up with trends and the latest

that recreates the combination of sweet

information that is imperative to those in

caramel with a pinch of salt).

artisanal patisserie."
Looking to the future, Downing says conveEach year, PreGel launches novelty products

nience options will play a signiﬁcant role.

the company believes would be beneﬁcial to

"The future of innovation is possibly headed

streamlining the creation of pastry, ensuring

toward more automated outlets and more

the ease-of-use for varying skill levels, and

vending machine options," the corporate

are versatile in terms of recipe development

pastry chef says.

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