A method for producing a frozen product including a solid matrix throughout which particulates are distributed using an apparatus including at least one compartment which is rotatable about an axis. The method can include the steps of adding to the compartment a liquid to be frozen to form the matrix and particulates to be distributed therein, reducing the temperature around the compartment to a temperature below the freezing point of the liquid, rotating the compartment about the axis while at least some of the liquid freezes within the compartment trapping at least some of the particulates within the frozen matrix and removing the frozen product from the compartment.

A method for producing a frozen product including a solid matrix throughout which particulates are distributed using an apparatus including at least one compartment which is rotatable about an axis. The method can include the steps of adding to the compartment a liquid to be frozen to form the matrix and particulates to be distributed therein, reducing the temperature around the compartment to a temperature below the freezing point of the liquid, rotating the compartment about the axis while at least some of the liquid freezes within the compartment trapping at least some of the particulates within the frozen matrix and removing the frozen product from the compartment.

The present invention relates to a layered frozen confectionery product comprising at least one a layer of frozen confection, at least one layer of chocolate and at least one layer of sauce. The sauce in the sauce layer has a viscosity of between 1.2 and 1.7 Pa.Math.s at a temperature below +47° C. and is present in the frozen confectionery at a thickness of 0.5 to 3.0 mm. The chocolate in the chocolate layer has a viscosity of between 1.0 and 1.4 Pa.Math.s at a temperature of +45° C. and is present in the frozen confectionery at a thickness of 0.5 to 3.0 mm, and the frozen confection layer has a thickness of between 3.0 and 7.0 mm and an overrun between 80 and 200 and is positioned between the chocolate and sauce layer. The invention also relates to a method for making such a product.

An apparatus for delivering particulate material to a frozen confectionery material to provide a single serving to a consumer. The apparatus comprises a chamber for storing the particulate material, and a supply of frozen confectionery. The chamber has an open exit, wherein the chamber is adapted to be rotatable in use such that the open exit follows a pathway having both an upper region and a lower region, and arranged to pass through the lower region at a non-zero speed a plurality of times during a single serving. The open exit is sized to allow a portion of stored particulate material to fall out of the chamber via the open exit under gravity each time the open exit passes through the lower region of the pathway. The apparatus also is arranged to bring particulate material that has left the chamber into contact with the supply of frozen confectionery.

A method for producing a frozen product including a solid matrix throughout which particulates are distributed using an apparatus including at least one compartment which is rotatable about an axis. The method can include the steps of adding to the compartment a liquid to be frozen to form the matrix and particulates to be distributed therein, reducing the temperature around the compartment to a temperature below the freezing point of the liquid, rotating the compartment about the axis while at least some of the liquid freezes within the compartment trapping at least some of the particulates within the frozen matrix and removing the frozen product from the compartment.

A method for producing a frozen product including a solid matrix throughout which particulates are distributed using an apparatus including at least one compartment which is rotatable about an axis. The method can include the steps of adding to the compartment a liquid to be frozen to form the matrix and particulates to be distributed therein, reducing the temperature around the compartment to a temperature below the freezing point of the liquid, rotating the compartment about the axis while at least some of the liquid freezes within the compartment trapping at least some of the particulates within the frozen matrix and removing the frozen product from the compartment.

The equipment of the invention comprises a toroidal channel-shaped freezing tank containing coolant superimposed on a circular crown-shaped rotary mold holder, formed by a plurality of sectors affixed to the periphery of one traction disc driven by a stepper motor, said sectors having rectangular openings into which molds engage, whose lower portions are immersed in the coolant. At the bottom of the channel there is a rigid pipe provided with a plurality of holes through which jets of coolant are released under pressure. The popsicle release means comprise a radially oriented niche within said tank and a vertically displaceable housing which, in the upper position, accommodates a mold and a perforated horizontal pipe which releases jets of heated fluid against the mold cups.

The equipment of the invention comprises a toroidal channel-shaped freezing tank containing coolant superimposed on a circular crown-shaped rotary mold holder, formed by a plurality of sectors affixed to the periphery of one traction disc driven by a stepper motor, said sectors having rectangular openings into which molds engage, whose lower portions are immersed in the coolant. At the bottom of the channel there is a rigid pipe provided with a plurality of holes through which jets of coolant are released under pressure. The popsicle release means comprise a radially oriented niche within said tank and a vertically displaceable housing which, in the upper position, accommodates a mold and a perforated horizontal pipe which releases jets of heated fluid against the mold cups.

An ice cream making apparatus for chilling a solution with a freezer bowl having a great thermal capacity and being formed from a material that is thermally conductive. The freezer bowl has an interior surface that is generally radially symmetric and forms a container to hold the solution. A drive mechanism is included for rotating the solution at a rate sufficient to centrifugally disperse the solution onto a dynamic contact area of the interior surface. The interior surface having a contour that gives the solution a thin layer when centrifugally dispersed, the thin layer having an average thickness less than 1.5 cm to increase the rate of heat transfer from the solution to the freezer bowl.

An ice cream making apparatus for chilling a solution with a freezer bowl having a great thermal capacity and being formed from a material that is thermally conductive. The freezer bowl has an interior surface that is generally radially symmetric and forms a container to hold the solution. A drive mechanism is included for rotating the solution at a rate sufficient to centrifugally disperse the solution onto a dynamic contact area of the interior surface. The interior surface having a contour that gives the solution a thin layer when centrifugally dispersed, the thin layer having an average thickness less than 1.5 cm to increase the rate of heat transfer from the solution to the freezer bowl.