Ufesa Gelatella
Eleven programmes, a brushless motor and two 700 ml pints. The machine convinces; its reviews need a closer look.
A good machine, with reviews that need reading slowly
It works like a Ninja: you make the mix, freeze it for 24 hours inside its pint, and the machine works it until it turns creamy. It does not chill: it shaves a block that is already frozen.
Our score, after reading the reviews one by one.
Texture and build. “Creamy ice creams, very easy to use”, and buyers coming from other machines single out the build: “it looks well made and using it feels like quality”. With the brushless digital motor it makes less noise than you would expect.
The tubs and the manual. Two 700 ml Tritan tubs with a handle — 1.4 litres in total —, freezing lids, an ice cream scoop and the Lift-Storage system. The manual comes with example recipes, which not all of them do.
That there are two pints, not three. Every batch needs its 24 hours in the freezer first, so the number of pints sets the pace of the house: its direct rivals come with three. And the scoop is not dishwasher safe.
The front panel. Of the three people who bought it and wrote a review, two say the same thing: the panel does not light up and the red fault light comes on. One of them was on her second unit: “neither of the two worked”. Another buyer puts it bluntly: “it surprises me that there are only free-product reviews”.
Four things you notice
in use, not on the box
It works with tubs, not with a bowl
It is a frozen-block machine: the mix freezes inside its pint, 24 hours ahead, and the blade shaves it until it turns creamy. There is no compressor and it chills nothing by itself.
A scant litre and a half, in two batches
Two 700 ml pints: 1.4 litres in total, but each batch is 700 ml. It is not 1.4 litres in one go.
Two pints, and here that matters
Every batch needs its own overnight freeze. With two pints you can have two flavours ready the same day; the third is 24 hours away. That is the practical difference from the Gelatec 2100 and the Gelato Flow, which come with three.
Brushless motor and touchscreen
Ufesa fits a brushless digital motor — fewer parts to wear out — with CreamPulse technology for creaminess and MicroAir Infusion, which is what lets you fold in chocolate or biscuit pieces mid-batch.
What it does best, according to those who own one
Two things repeat in its reviews: the texture, and how little you have to fight it. Nobody disputes the five minutes of work per batch Ufesa advertises. What does appear, and has to be said, is two units that arrived dead.
Programmes
Tubs included
Digital motor, brushless
What its reviews praise most
What it wins and what you have to accept
- Brushless digital motor, and it runs quietly
- Two 700 ml Tritan pints with handles
- Eleven programmes, from gelato to slush
- Manual with example recipes
- Eight of its eleven reviews are of a free product
- Two of the three verified purchases arrived with a dead panel
- Two pints, not three: one flavour fewer ready the same day
- The ice cream scoop is not dishwasher safe
Ufesa Gelatella specifications
11 programmes
Gelato, light ice cream, sorbet, frozen yoghurt, slushes and milkshakes
2 × 700 ml
Tritan pints with handles
1.4 L
Total capacity, split up
Touchscreen
Controls
24 h
Pre-freezing the base
Without a compressor
It works an already frozen block
CreamPulse and MicroAir
Manufacturer technologies
Brushless
Brushless digital motor
The Ufesa Gelatella against its rivals
En su franja compiten estas tres. La Gelatella cuesta hoy —: these reviews tell you what you gain and what you lose with each one.
Ninja CREAMi
Four programmes fewer, but 293 reviews and a 4.2 rating: it has the longest track record.
Cecotec Gelatec 2100
The same eleven programmes and 700 ml more, split across three pints instead of two.
Taurus Gelato Flow
Cheaper and with three pints, though of 500 ml, and 213 reviews behind it.
Ninja CREAMi Scoop & Swirl
Would we buy it? Yes, but only where you can return it without an argument
The machine is well thought out: a brushless motor, big pints with handles and a texture nobody argues with. What we cannot sign off yet is its reliability, because almost all the good reviews are of free units and two of the three paid-for ones arrived with a dead panel. Try it the day it arrives: that fault shows on the first attempt.
Two 700 ml pints
Brushless motor
Manual with recipes
Frequently asked questions
Why do you say its reviews need a closer look?
Because of the eleven written reviews, eight are Amazon Vine: units given free in exchange for the review. They are legitimate and very detailed, but they describe the first week, not the second year. The three from people who paid split into one good and two with a dead front panel.
What is this about the front panel?
Two buyers say the front panel never lights up and the red fault light comes on, without them ever getting to use it. One received two units in a row like that. It is the only fault that repeats.
Does it chill the mix?
No. Like every frozen-block machine, it works a base you froze 24 hours earlier inside its own pint. Without a freezer there is no ice cream.
How long does each batch take?
About five minutes of machine time, plus the 24 hours in the freezer the system demands. What you plan is the freezer, not the afternoon.
Can you fold in chocolate or biscuit?
Yes: that is MicroAir Infusion, which opens the mix mid-batch to fold the pieces in. The scoop it comes with is not dishwasher safe.
Is it worth it against the Cecotec Gelatec 2100?
They have the same eleven programmes. The Cecotec gives 700 ml more and one more pint; the Ufesa gives a better build and a brushless motor. If pace matters to you — how many flavours you have ready at once — the Cecotec; if how it is made matters, this one.
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