Byakuya (gelato)

Byakuya (Japanese: 白夜, lit. 'white night') is a Japanese gelato considered luxurious that is, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world's most expensive ice cream that is priced at ¥873,400 ($6,696) for a single 130 mL (4.4 ounce) serving.^[1]

Byakuya

Alternative names	White night
Type	Gelato
Place of origin	Japan
Created by	Cellato
Main ingredients	Tuber magnatum (white truffles)

Gelato

The gelato is exclusively produced by the Japan-based company Cellato, which sources its ingredients privately. Among these ingredients are white truffles from Alba, located in the Piedmont region of Italy, a place known as the premier origin of some of the most carefully cultivated and highly sought-after white truffles in the world.^[2] The gelato is made with white truffles and is topped with edible gold leaf. It includes two types of cheese: Parmigiano Reggiano, an Italian cheese product that adds nut like flavor, and Sake kasu, a paste-like byproduct of sake production that adds a subtle fermented flavor.^[3][4] Other non-luxury ingredients include milk, sugar, egg yolk, rice and rice malt, black truffle, brewed alcohol, cashew nuts and unspecified dairy products.^[5] It is considered rich in both taste and texture, with the cheese contributing a fruit-like complexity to the flavor, offering subtle sweet and tangy notes that balance the richness, adding depth to the overall flavor profile.^[6]

The creators of the gelato, Cellato, state that it took them one and a half years to create the recipe.^[7][8]