subject: Celebrating Excellence Why Kellys Of Cornwall Is Proud To Fly The Flag For Local Produce [print this page] Here at Kelly"s of Cornwall we consider ourselves very lucky. As one of the UK"s leading clotted cream ice cream producers, we know that the quality of our ingredients is everything to us and our customers. Only the best milk and clotted cream goes in to our world-famous clotted cream ice cream - and luckily for us we can source it all in our local area. We"re passionate about our ingredients and here in the south-west we have access to the cream of the crop.
Cornwall has always been famous for its amazing clotted cream "" and with good reason. This is a county that has been producing the richest, most luxurious dairy products for centuries and here at Kelly"s of Cornwall we"re proud to be a part of that ongoing tradition.
It means that each one of our range of award-winning clotted cream ice creams is made with lashings of love AND, a huge dollop of local expertise and in-depth knowledge about the source of our products.
Working with Trewithen Dairy, on the edge of Bodmin Moor, means we know exactly where our ingredients have been "" including which cows they have come from.
When we say they"re local, we mean they"re local. The dairy is just 22 miles from our Kelly"s of Cornwall HQ meaning the milk and clotted cream we use is as fresh as it gets.
Owned by three generations of dairymen, there isn"t much this family-run operation doesn"t know about dairy produce and in the height of summer they regularly supply us with a staggering 17,000 of best-quality milk to help us meet demand.
To be able to do this, they have an extensive network of 20 trusted, local farmers. The milk we use for our Kelly"s clotted cream ice cream is bought in to them every evening.
It"s then pasteurised, before the cream is taken off and slowly heated in a vat. The rich, luxurious cream is then put into a nine kilo box and chilled "" before being delivered straight to our door.
Keeping it local means we can be sure that the people we work with are playing fair too.
Trewithen Dairy has a contract with all of its farmers; offering security for them and us.
They even pay above the market rate for their produce "" reflecting the quality and strict welfare standards we insist are always met.
It"s this partnership approach that allows us to support local producers and a regional industry that has world-wide appeal. And working so closely together means we can always deliver what we believe is the UK"s best-tasting clotted cream ice cream.
Combining great produce, amazing natural flavours and hundreds of years worth of heritage means we"re proud to be able to offer a taste that"s truly unique - luscious, local and totally Cornish.
