Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks.

Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks.

The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing an ice cream cone, formed by a cone-shaped wafer and a layer of chocolate arranged on the inner face and upper edge of said wafer, with ice cream inside the ice cream cone. Another object of the invention is the ice cream cone obtained from said process.

The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing an ice cream cone, formed by a cone-shaped wafer and a layer of chocolate arranged on the inner face and upper edge of said wafer, with ice cream inside the ice cream cone. Another object of the invention is the ice cream cone obtained from said process.

A cup is provided for a device for preparing a frozen food product from a liquid mixture with a stirring element stirring liquid mixture in the cup being cooled by a cooling unit of the device. The cup includes a cup wall enclosing a holding volume for liquid mixture and frozen food product. At the inside of the cup, the cup wall includes an inner bottom portion, a circumferential inner upright portion, and a circumferential inner transition portion extending from the inner bottom portion to the inner upright portion.

Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks.

Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks.

A cone-shaped edible container according to the present invention comprises: an edible outer layer; an edible inner layer; a first edible adhesive layer disposed between the outer layer and the inner layer to bond the outer layer and the inner layer together; and a second adhesive layer for maintaining the outer layer and the inner layer to be in the shape of a cone, wherein at least some regions of the edible container have a first cross-section structure in which the inner layer, the first adhesive layer, and the outer layer are sequentially laminated in a direction from the inside toward the outside, and have a second cross-section structure in which the inner layer, the first adhesive layer, the outer layer, the second adhesive layer, the inner layer, the first adhesive layer, and the outer layer are sequentially laminated in the direction from the inside toward the outside.

A cone-shaped edible container according to the present invention comprises: an edible outer layer; an edible inner layer; a first edible adhesive layer disposed between the outer layer and the inner layer to bond the outer layer and the inner layer together; and a second adhesive layer for maintaining the outer layer and the inner layer to be in the shape of a cone, wherein at least some regions of the edible container have a first cross-section structure in which the inner layer, the first adhesive layer, and the outer layer are sequentially laminated in a direction from the inside toward the outside, and have a second cross-section structure in which the inner layer, the first adhesive layer, the outer layer, the second adhesive layer, the inner layer, the first adhesive layer, and the outer layer are sequentially laminated in the direction from the inside toward the outside.

An ice cream cone drip catcher including a trough adapted for surrounding an upper portion of an ice cream cone. The trough has an inside rim adapted for surrounding the upper portion of the ice cream cone in close proximity and an outside rim adapted for surrounding the upper portion of the ice cream cone at a predetermined distance such that ice cream drips from ice cream placed in the ice cream cone and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom are captured therein. The drip catcher further includes a cone-interacting structure extending downwardly and inwardly from the inside rim.