Gelato Fiasco continues to scoop up recognition.

Ellis B. Additon, a bureau director for the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Foresty presented the Commissioner’s Leadership Award to Gelato Fiasco as an emerging Maine food exporter during a visit to their flagship store in downtown Brunswick Friday.

This recognition follows the 10- state regional acknowledgment Gelato Fiasco recently received from Food Export USANortheast at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s Annual Meeting in Burlington, Vt. Food Export USA-Northeast assists hundreds of small companies with marketing food and agricultural products overseas.

“Gelato Fiasco is an outstanding example of a small Maine company successfully using Food Export’s professional staff to identify international markets for their products, establish relationships and increase exports,” said Commissioner Walt Whitcomb in a written statement. “ Gov. LePage has made selling more Maine products abroad a top priority of his administration. I am pleased to be able to recognize Gelato Fiasco for their courage in entering the rigorous international marketplace.”

Additon presented the award on behalf of Whitcomb to Gelato Fiasco cofounder and CEO Joshua Davis.

Food Export USA-Northeast has played an important role in promoting and increasing export of several Maine products. Gelato Fiasco was recently featured at one of their meetings as an example of a highly successful Maine producer that partnered with Food Export USA.

Founded in 2007, Gelato Fiasco is a Maine producer of gelato and sorbetto flavors that are house-made daily in small batches for specialty and retail. The company uses only Maine milk to produce its products.

The company has stores in downtown Brunswick and in Portland’s Old Port, and sells pints at grocery and specialty stores in 35 states. It has been featured in Bon Appetit, Country Living, the Boston Globe and Fortune, and its founders were honored as Empact100 young entrepreneurs at the White House. In 2013, through its partnership with Food Export USANortheast, the company made connections in the Caribbean, Brazil and Chile that will result in future export sales.

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