I am so thankful for the internet. I thought I had gone crazy. Never had a problem. Last two jars had to saw them apart with a knife. Good that I had a spare empty. What is with this.....Talenti...do something.

They changed the plastic wrapping on the top. Just got one of the new ones. Problem is fixed.

Has anyone tried the method I described a few days ago? I'm addicted to Talenti and eat it almost every day. Haven't had a problem with the lid since I started using that method.

I tried jar grippers, towels, rubber bands (dumb, they just slide on the smooth cold plastic), hot water on the lid, tapping the sides of the lid, nothing worked and my hands were aching! I read that sometimes when the gelato melts a little it can create a vacuum so I got the idea to make a small hole in the lid with a wine corkscrew and voila! easy open.
Talenti def needs to design some new packaging before someone is seriously injured.

Anonymous wrote:It's not even that good. The small company pints you can find at WF are better than mass produced fake fancy Talenti.

Shut it, Whole Foods cult member.

Every time I buy a jar of Talenti it seems like it thawed and refroze -- the texture is off (sortof gritty, like ice milk) and it seems to have seemed into the threads on the lid, which makes it hard to open.

Bummer, because it should be so good.

Good, but won't be buying again. Spent 10 minutes trying to open it. Not THAT good....

The problem is in the clear plastic wrap that you have to pull off. There are slits on the plastic. I always pulled it outward from one of the slits and away from the jar. Turns out that doesn't take all the plastic off. That leaves a band of clear plastic right under the screw off lid. Just about impossible to see and it makes it difficult to take off the lid. Now I make two slits in that plastic at the top of the jar about 2 inches apart from each other. Grab the plastic with two hands at the slits and pull the 2 inch section down very slowly against the jar and down. Not outward. This removes all the plastic and the jar opens easily. Just learned this last week and haven't had a problem opening the jar since then.

Anonymous wrote:I emailed them and they said they got some new machine that was tightening the lids too tightly

Massive QA fail.

I emailed them and they said they got some new machine that was tightening the lids too tightly

Can't open mine now (Mediterranean Mint) - 7/31/17. ????

It's not even that good. The small company pints you can find at WF are better than mass produced fake fancy Talenti.

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Anonymous wrote:The hot water trick worked for me recently - upon inspection, it appeared that gelato got stuck/frozen in the grooves of the lid, and the hot water along the lid loosened it. Never had the problem before a few weeks ago - now it happens frequently.

How much gelato are you all eating?

So much!

I actually have a jar right now that is hard to open every time. It's like the lid is too small for the jar. What is going on at the talenti factory??

Anonymous wrote:A few weeks ago, I walked out of my house with a jar of Talenti and a towel, and walked halfway down the block until I found a guy to hand the jar to. He opened it for me, I thanked him and walked back into my house.

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My son went with hot water from the sink on the lid while rotating it.