{{Short description, Finnish brand of ice cream 3 kaveria (

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for "3 friends") is a

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owned by the Finnish company Kolmen Kaverin Jäätelö Oy in Kontula,

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.Kolmen Kaverin Jäätelö nousi pienellä rahalla ilmiöksi Ruotsissa
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'' 9 May 2017. Accessed on 17 January 2019. 3 kaveria was Finland's most popular brand of ice cream in Finland in 2017. As well as Finland, the ice cream is sold in

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under the name ''Tre Vänners Glass''. Sales in Sweden started in January 2017. In 2018 sales expanded to

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, where the ice cream is marketed as ''3 Freunde Eis''. The company sells ice cream in 500 millilitre packages. In 2020 the company launched five ice cream bars as the first minor ice cream company in Finland.

Brand history

The 3 kaveria ice cream brand was created by Heikki Huotari, Ilkka Wikholm and Sauli Saarnisto, who got an idea to start making ice cream in 2012. Production started with an ice cream machine costing 300 euro, after which the first ice cream can was sold in February 2013. The three founders also went to

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to learn to make ice cream on an ice cream making course. Suussa sulavia makuja Kontulasta
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'' 22 April 2015. Accessed on 17 January 2019. The company has been mostly using Finnish ingredients in its products. In 2020 Kolmen Kaverin Jäätelö Oy had a revenue of 7.5 million euro and a profit of 1.1 million euro.Kolmen Kaverin Jäätelö Oy
''Finder''. Accessed on 5 July 2021.

References

External links

Official site
Food and drink companies of Finland Ice cream brands