PAPAPHILIPPOU Ice Cream Ltd has managed to break into the Chinese market where it is competing with some of the biggest manufacturers of ice cream in the world from America, Italy and other places.

“The interest from the Chinese market was shown last year and this year we will start to export our ice cream there,” founder, Panayiotis Papaphilippou said.

People representing supermarkets, hotels and cafes in China will meet with Papaphilippou’s board next month to confirm the amount of ice cream required and the flavours that will be exported.

“These consumers are very interested in our lactose free ice cream which is made from fresh milk as 95 per cent of Chinese people are lactose intolerant,” Papaphilippou said.

Papahilipou Ice Cream Ltd is the only manufacturer in the world whose ice cream is lactose free.

“We use fresh milk and fresh fruit for our ice cream,” Papaphilippou added.

The company was founded in 1965 by Panayiotis and Christoforos Papaphilippou and now has four factories.

It sells to 30 per cent of the market and to 2,650 agents across Cyprus. The company started exporting ice cream to other countries in 1989. It has constant exports to Britain, Greece, Lebanon, and Kuwait. There are also talks to export ice cream to Dubai and Qatar. It is one of the few companies in Cyprus that is licensed to produce the mastiha gum flavour from Chios

Cyprus Mail