Arachide
Elenka product code 556
A peanut paste made from skilfully toasted peanuts, dosed at 100 grams per litre of mix. Peanut is the nut Australian customers already know best and the one almost no gelateria carries, which is the entire commercial argument.
Specification sheets are supplied to trade customers on request.
About Arachide
Australia eats more peanut than it does pistachio, by an enormous margin, and approximately no gelateria sells a peanut flavour. That gap is worth looking at directly.
What it is
A paste made from the best peanuts, toasted to create what Elenka describes as an intense and lingering flavour, dosed at 100 grams per litre of finished mix.
Why the gap exists, and why it is an opportunity
Peanut has a status problem in gelato. It is the cheap nut, it is associated with confectionery rather than with craft, and the Italian tradition this range comes from does not centre it the way it centres hazelnut and pistachio.
None of that is a reason an Australian customer will not buy it. Peanut is the flavour they already like, already understand, and can already picture paired with chocolate or caramel — which is a much shorter distance to a purchase than any unfamiliar Sicilian speciality.
The absence of it from other cabinets is the point. A flavour nobody else has, in a taste everybody already likes, is a rare combination on a board.
Dosage and balance
One hundred grams per litre of mix, against 80 for the pure pistachio and hazelnut pastes. Peanut carries less aromatic intensity per gram, so it needs a little more presence to register.
At that dosage the fat contribution is substantial, as with any nut paste — expect a softer set and a slower melt. Recalculate rather than substituting weight for weight against a tree-nut paste.
The allergen question, squarely
Peanut is declarable separately from tree nuts under Australian labelling rules, and peanut allergy is the one the public treats most seriously. Carrying this product creates an allergen management obligation.
That is a management problem, not a reason to avoid it. What it needs is dedicated utensils, a documented cleaning step between batches, a fixed running order that puts allergen-free production first in the day, and staff who can answer a question at the counter without guessing. The same discipline any gelateria carrying tree nuts already needs.
What it also needs is the specification sheet, which we do not hold — see below.
Pairing
Caramel first: peanut and caramel is the pairing every Australian customer recognises, and a caramel topping over a peanut tub is the easiest version of it. Chocolate second. Banana third, and better than it sounds.
What we do not publish
Ingredients, allergens, shelf life and storage conditions are absent from this page because no Elenka specification sheet is held for the Australian range. Absent means the data is not held, never that the answer is no. On a peanut product that gap matters more than on anything else in the range — get the sheet before this reaches a cabinet.
Technical specifications
| Recommended dosage | 100 g per litre of mix |
|---|---|
| Format | 2.5 kg pail, 4 per carton |
| Applications | gelato, semifreddo, mousse |
| Elenka product code | 556 |
Full specification on request
The ingredient list, allergen declaration, shelf life and storage conditions for Arachide are provided on the Elenka specification sheet. We supply it on request — please do not rely on the product name when answering a customer allergen enquiry.
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Frequently asked questions
How much do I use per litre?
One hundred grams per litre of finished mix. That is higher than the pure tree-nut pastes at 80, because peanut carries less aromatic intensity per gram than pistachio or hazelnut and needs a little more presence.
Does carrying peanut create an allergen problem?
It creates an allergen management problem, which is different from a reason not to carry it. Peanut is separately declarable in Australia, cross-contact in a shared batch freezer is real, and a documented cleaning and running order is what makes it manageable.
What does it pair with?
Caramel, chocolate and banana, in that order of reliability. Peanut and caramel is the pairing every Australian customer already recognises, and it is the one that turns an unusual flavour into an obvious purchase.