MIO Concentrated Strawberry Paste: flavour and colour in one step
MIO Concentrated Strawberry Paste is a professional flavouring semi-finished product for gelato shops and pastry labs, packed in a 1 kg tub (carton of 14 pieces). At a dosage of just 100 g per litre of mix, it gives churned gelato, semifreddo, mousses, creams and fillings a full strawberry taste and a bright pink shade. It dissolves and blends cold into the base, ensuring even aroma and colour in every batch.
What a concentrated flavouring paste is
Concentrated pastes are high-yield semi-finished products designed for the modern confectionery lab: a few grams are enough to flavour large quantities of mix consistently. The MIO line is created and distributed by Innovaction, a Ragusa-based company specialising in raw materials and semi-finished products for pastry chefs and gelato makers, with a range spanning flavourings and pastes, creams, fruit fillings and gelato bases. Compared with fresh fruit puree, a concentrated paste offers constant aromatic intensity all year round, stable colour and predictable dosing, essential when recipe repeatability is a service requirement.
The producer
Innovaction S.r.l. is based in Ragusa, in the heart of south-eastern Sicily, and developed the MIO line of semi-finished products for pastry and gelato focusing on high quality standards and competitive prices. The MIO brand covers the entire lab supply chain: sugars and derivatives, flours and starches, mixes and leavening agents, fruit fillings, creams, gelato, dried fruit, flavourings and edible fats.
Product features
A full, recognisable strawberry aroma, a vivid pink colour thanks to the colours in the formula, and a fluid, homogeneous texture that makes cold dissolving easy. The paste requires no cold chain: it is stored at room temperature, simplifying dry-store keeping and stock management in the lab.
Technical specifications
Ingredients: sugar, strawberries, flavourings, thickener E440, acidifier E330, colours E122, E124, E132. Recommended dosage: 100 g per litre of mix. Format: 1 kg tub, carton of 14 pieces. Storage: at room temperature (20 C), do not refrigerate. Batch, expiry and weight references are printed on the tub lid. Establishment with CE mark IT 19/054 CE. Warning: colours E122 and E124 may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.
Uses in professional kitchens
1) Artisanal strawberry gelato: add about 100 g of paste per litre of white base mix before churning, adjusting to taste. 2) Variegating: alternate layers of neutral cream and strawberry paste in cheesecakes, semifreddo and gelato cakes for a marbled effect. 3) Soaks and fillings: flavour pastry creams, chantilly and bavarois for entremets and individual portions. 4) Mousses and spoon desserts: fold the paste into cold cream for colour-stable strawberry mousse. 5) Bar and cafe: customise milkshakes, frappes and granita bases with a ready-to-use strawberry flavour.
Pairings
Strawberry pairs with vanilla, pistachio, white chocolate, cream and milk-based bases. In the lab it can be combined with the pistachio paste, the bourbon vanilla paste and the mirror glazes from the same MIO line to build modern cakes and coordinated gelato displays.
LAPA logistics and delivery
B2B and B2C delivery in Switzerland from the LAPA warehouse in Embrach (Zurich). Direct distribution across Zurich, Winterthur, Uster, Aargau, St. Gallen and Lucerne; for Ticino (Lugano, Bellinzona, Locarno), French-speaking Switzerland (Geneva, Lausanne, Vevey) and mountain regions (Chur, Davos) shipping in 24-48 hours via partner couriers (Swiss Post, Planzer, Galliker). As a room-temperature product it requires no cold chain and is ideal for replenishing the stock of professional labs.
Who it is for
Gelato shops, pastry shops and labs, bars and cafes, restaurants and hotels with in-house dessert production, plus private customers passionate about gelato and homemade desserts who are looking for a professional, high-yield strawberry flavour.
