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Cornetto is a branded frozen ice cream cone manufactured by Unilever and marketed throughout the world under various different company names, but with the same Heartbrand logo. The idea of selling frozen ice-cream cones had long been a dream of ice-cream makers, but it was not until 1959 that Spica, an Italian ice-cream manufacturer based in Naples, conquered the problem of the ice-cream making the cone go soggy. Spica invented a process, whereby the inside of the waffle cone was insulated from the ice-cream by a layer of oil, sugar and chocolate. Spica registered the name Cornetto in 1960. Initial sales were poor, but in 1976 Unilever bought out Spica and began a mass-marketing campaign throughout Europe. It is now one of the most popular ice-creams in the world.

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Just one Cornetto, give it to me, delicious ice-cream, from Italy, vanilla and strawberry dream, Give me Cornetto, from Wall's ice cream

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Cornetto is referenced in the motion picture Shaun of the Dead. In one scene, Shaun (Simon Pegg) asks Ed (Nick Frost) if he needs anything from the shop. Ed responds, "Cornetto." The tasty ice cream treat is also featured (more than once) in the motion picture Hot Fuzz. These scenes are a reference to co-writer/director Edgar Wright, whose preferred hangover cure is a Cornetto.