Ideal Ice Cream is an ice cream manufacturing company based in Mangalore, India.[1] It was started on 1 May 1975 by Prabhakar Kamath,[2] and is the biggest ice cream manufacturer in Mangalore with an 80% market share.[3] It has several outlets in and around Mangalore and supply chains across Goa, Karnataka and northern Kerala.[2] The brand's signature dish is the Gadbad, a tall glass with layers of ice-cream, jelly, dry-fruits and fresh fruits.[4] The brand has won several accolades through the years.[5][6][7][8]
Pabbas in MG Road, Mangalore is an outlet belonging to this company.[9]
See also
- Economy of Mangalore
External sources
References
- Ideal's Ice-cream - Mangalore Petit Chef, retrieved 16 July 2012^
- Mangaluru: Ideal Ice Cream founder Prabhakar Kamath dies at 79 The Indian Express, 2021-11-07^
- What a scoop! The Hindu, 18 March 2006, retrieved 14 July 2012^
- Gudbud celebrates 35 years of excellence The New Indian Express, 2011-03-17^
- Ideal Ice Cream wins 8 awards in Great Indian Ice-cream and Frozen Dessert contest Deccan Herald, 2017-11-18^
- Ideal Ice-Cream scoops up 8 medals in season six of Great Indian Ice-Cream Contest The Times of India, 2017-11-17^
- Mangalore's Ideal ice cream wins national award The Hindu Businessline, 2013-12-10^
- In Mangalore, 'I' is for Ideal The Hindu Businessline, 2012-03-14^
- Ideal Ice Cream founder Prabhakar Kamath passes away in Mangaluru The News Minute, 2021-11-06^