As Novac writes on the 10th of October, 2020 - Lino Lada ice cream, created in collaboration with Podravka and Ledo, won the Golden Basket (Zlatna Kosarica) for the best product in the year 2019, a prestigious annual award given by the magazine I TRGOVAC.

In the category in which there are traditionally the largest number of applicants and strong competition of top Croatian products, Lino Lada ice cream won the expert jury over with its unique taste and innovation. The Golden Basket is a new big recognition for Lino Lada ice cream, which was declared the best in the world at the International Ice Cream Consortium in Sweden last year.

''The Golden Basket for Product of the Year confirmed that, together with our partner Ledo, we've recognised the potential of expanding the range of Lino Lada cream spreads into new innovative categories such as impulse ice creams. In the past period, Lino Lada ice cream has achieved exceptional results and delighted consumers on both the domestic and global markets. The Lino Lada brand is once again proving to be a favourite cream spread, and winning the Golden Basket for the product of the year for the second year in a row is an additional confirmation of the quality and innovation of Podravka's products,'' said Vesna Visnic, Podravka's Director of Kids' Food, Sweets and Snacks.

''We're extremely honoured to have received this award as another proof of the quality of what we do, for Lino Lada ice cream, which we made in collaboration with Podravka, which is truly the perfect partner for such an attractive and innovative product. In addition, it is a confirmation dedicated to the hard work of our employees, and especially the development team that successfully turns their creative ideas into the finest ice creams and frozen products. So, congratulations to them too! Every year we try to develop some new flavours and combinations and take a step further in the desire to innovate and enhance our creativity to meet the most diverse requirements of our customers and consumers, because they're our number one priority. This shows that we're succeeding in that,'' said Stela Ilijas, Assistant Director of Marketing and Development.

Lino Lada ice cream was first launched on the market in April 2019. In just a few days since the launch, the first stocks were sold out, making it the most sought-after dessert in all of the Republic of Croatia, and a total of 2.8 million pieces of Lino Lada ice cream were sold on the Croatian and foreign markets last year.

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As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 20th of January, 2020, the Croatian pavilion at Green Week 2020, held in the German capital city of Berlin, was visited on Monday by German Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Julia Klöckner, accompanied by Ambassadors of various European Union countries, and the Croats among their ''ranks'' was the Croatian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Gordan Bakota, State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Tugomir Majdak and Croatian Chamber of Commerce President Luka Burilović.

On that occasion, and as we previously reported, Croatia's much loved Podravka hosted them in their Green Week 2020 national restaurant, where visitors of the fair enjoy daily specialities of Croatian cuisine prepared by Podravka's culinary promoters.

On the menu of Podravka's restaurant there is a rich selection of traditional Croatian meat and fish dishes as well as desserts, and Podravka's pašticada and Lino Lada cake were special hits among the guests, which didn't leave even the most high ranking of guests indifferent.

The unforgettable taste of the pašticada, along with the superior quality of the meat, results in a characteristic sauce, which in this case is enriched with irreplaceable Vegeta and other Podravka spices, while lovers of chocolate desserts are happy to taste a cake with the amazing Lino Lada chocolate creme as its secret ingredient. It is no wonder, therefore, that hundreds of Lino Lada cakes were made in the early days of Green Week 2020.

The promotion of traditional specialties of Croatian gastronomy is an important part of Podravka's presentation at one of the most important fairs of agriculture and the food industry in the world.

Green Week 2020 takes place from the 17th to the 26th of January, 2020 at the Berlin Fair, and Croatia is a proud partner country this year. As many as 1,800 exhibitors from sixty countries across the world will be present at the fair, which will showcase more than 100,000 agricultural and food products in total.

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Ledo's ice cream was created in cooperation with Podravka and was launched on the market back in April this year.

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 22nd of October, 2019, Ledo's popular ice cream, Lino Lada, has been named the best ice cream in the world by the International Ice Cream Consortium. The competition was held in Sweden where Ledo's products once again stood out thanks to their creativity, ideas and performance technology. Experts were delighted with the unique shape of the Lino Lada ice cream and the innovative soft dressing, but what made this the best ice cream in the world was the experience of the Lino Lada spread that was successfully transferred onto the ice cream.

As stated, the ice cream was created in cooperation with Podravka and was launched on the market in April this year. The first supplies were then sold out in just a few days, making this ice cream the most sought after dessert of all. Ledo's Lino Lada duo ice cream is a combination of fine hazelnut cream and milk cream, and it's all wrapped in a double soft nougat and milk chocolate topping and is, as such, quite an innovation in the ice cream market. The appearance of the Lino Lada jar is further enhanced by the enjoyment of the ice cream coupled with a favourite creamy spread.

"As Lino Lada has become a favorite brand of cream spreads with a wide variety of flavours, there has been the need to spread this unique flavour to other, related categories like ice cream. It is the innovation and upgrading of what Podravka can do that is the foundation on which we build our success, and we're especially pleased when we're doing in collaboration with our partners, domestic companies. Thus, Podravka initiated the development of Lino Lada ice cream, and the ideal partner for cooperation was Ledo, the leading ice cream producer on the Croatian market. With this collaboration, the unique taste and experience of Lino Lada spreads has been transformed into an icy experience that has delighted consumers around the world, as well as international experts,'' said Vesna Višnić, the director of Podravka's children's food, desserts and snack business program.

"We're extremely proud of this award and the recognition for which Ledo ice cream has been recognised as the best ice cream in the world by the profession, that is, by global independent ice cream producers. Being the best in the world is a great honour, as is the obligation to continue to produce the highest quality ice creams in the future, leading globally with technological solutions, innovations and creativity,'' said Marin Poljak, CEO of Ledo.

Podravka developed its two-colour cream spread way back in 1998 and today, in as many as five flavours, it can be found on the shelves in more than twenty countries worldwide, stretching far beyond Europe and covering all continents. The most popular flavour is still the Lino Lada duo, now available in the form of irresistible ice cream. Podravka continuously monitors the preferences of consumers of cream spreads and strives to offer new flavours as a reward for loyalty to the Lino Lada brand.

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