Italy runs one of Europe's most demanding fruit-ingredient markets. Gelato producers, pastry laboratories, juice bottlers and dairy plants all buy on sensory profile first — colour, aroma and mouthfeel are judged before the price sheet — and that raises the bar for any origin supplying the country. Scala Nuova ships Fruit Shells into Italy in full-container programs, sourced at origin in Türkiye and specified to the tolerance your formulation actually needs rather than to a generic export grade.
Trade terms into Italy are simpler than most buyers expect. Türkiye and the EU sit inside a customs union, so a large share of processed lines travel on an A.TR movement certificate; goods that fall outside it move under the preferential agricultural regime with EUR.1. We issue whichever document matches your tariff position, alongside EU-compliant labelling under Regulation 1169/2011, pesticide residue results against EU MRLs, and heavy-metal and mycotoxin panels where the commodity requires them.
Sailing times are short. Containers loading at Istanbul or Mersin reach Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Salerno and Trieste in roughly five to nine days, which keeps working capital tied up for weeks rather than months and makes call-off programs practical. Aseptic drums travel ambient; IQF fruit moves in reefer containers at −18 °C door to door. Send us your target items and annual volume and we will build a landed-cost model to your plant or to a northern Italian cold store.
Scala Nuova supplies frozen natural fruit shells as ready-to-fill serving vessels for foodservice, patisserie and ice-cream makers: hollowed pineapple, coconut, orange and melon shells. Cleaned and frozen ready to fill with ice cream, sorbet, mousse and plated desserts, they give gelaterias, restaurants, HORECA and dessert manufacturers a striking, sustainable, biodegradable natural presentation. Supplied frozen in whole and half formats to specification, each lot with COA and full specification.
Fruit Shells moves to Italy under an unbroken cold chain: the product travels in reefer containers from our facility to your cold store, never leaving its temperature band. On this lane that makes reefer capacity and plug-in time at the port — not sailing frequency — the things to plan a programme around.
| Temperature regime | Frozen at −18 °C, unbroken cold chain |
|---|---|
| Export packing | Polybag-in-carton on pallets |
| Route and entry point | Genoa · Livorno · Naples · Salerno · Trieste · Venice |
| Typical transit | 5–9 days |
| Order scale | 1 FCL (1x20ft container); smaller volumes on selected products |
| Documentation for this market | EU Regulation 178/2002 and harmonised EU MRLs; A.TR or EUR.1 movement certificate, per-lot COA and specification |
Scala Nuova's Lemon Shell is a natural hollowed lemon, cleaned and frozen ready to fill — the classic serving vessel for
Scala Nuova's Orange Shell is a natural hollowed orange, cleaned and frozen ready to fill — an elegant serving vessel fo
Scala Nuova's Melon Shell is a natural hollowed melon half, cleaned and frozen ready to fill — a generous serving vessel
Scala Nuova's Pineapple Shell is a natural hollowed pineapple, cleaned and frozen ready to fill — a striking serving ves
Scala Nuova's Coconut Shell is a natural half coconut, cleaned and prepared as a ready-to-fill serving vessel for foodse
Scala Nuova's Cocoa Shell is a natural cocoa pod shell prepared as a dramatic serving vessel for fine patisserie and foo
It depends on the tariff position. Türkiye and the EU operate a customs union, so many processed food lines enter free of duty on an A.TR movement certificate. Basic agricultural goods sit outside the union and follow the preferential agricultural regime with a EUR.1 certificate and, in some cases, a reduced rate. We confirm the correct treatment for your specific product before quoting.
Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Salerno, Trieste and Venice are all served on standard routings. Transit from Istanbul or Mersin is typically five to nine days depending on service and port pair. We quote EXW, FOB, CFR or CIF Italian port, and can arrange inland haulage to your facility.
Yes. Every consignment carries a Certificate of Analysis, technical specification and full lot traceability. Labelling follows Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, residues are tested against EU maximum residue levels, and health certificates or CHED entries are prepared where the commodity requires them. Certification across the chain covers FSSC 22000, BRC, IFS and ISO 22000, with Halal, Kosher and organic options.
Yes, and it is one of the segments we specify most carefully. Gelato and patisserie applications turn on Brix, acidity, colour retention and particle integrity after freezing, so we agree those parameters in writing before the first container rather than shipping to a generic grade. Samples are available for qualified buyers.
Fruit Shells moves to Italy under an unbroken cold chain: the product travels in reefer containers from our facility to your cold store, never leaving its temperature band. On this lane that makes reefer capacity and plug-in time at the port — not sailing frequency — the things to plan a programme around.
Scala Nuova is a Türkiye-based B2B supplier of Fruit Shells, shipping full-container and consolidated loads to Italy with a COA and full specification on every lot. Programs run under FSSC 22000, BRC, IFS and ISO 22000 certification, with Halal, Kosher and organic options available on request.
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