Method for making a novelty frozen food product

US7147884B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Curt Jones · Paducah, US
• Stan Jones · Vienna, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2002
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2006
• Expiry date: May 7, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23G9/48
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A novel frozen product and method for making the same are disclosed, wherein a beaded frozen product is intermixed with conventional ice cream. In this regard, the beaded ice cream (or other frozen produce) may be intermixed with soft-serve ice cream on an individual serving basis, or may be intermixed with ice cream manufactured on a large scale production (e.g., packaged with ice cream conventionally sold in grocery stores). With regard to individual servings, beads of ice cream may be injected at a dispensing nozzle of machine for dispensing soft-serve ice cream. Alternatively, the beaded ice cream may be introduced into a reservoir of soft-serve ice cream and intermixed through a stirring or agitation process. With regard to packaged ice cream, such as that purchased in grocery stores, beaded ice cream may be introduced into a conventional ice cream mix at a stage in the process where the non-beaded ice cream is still flowable such that the beaded ice cream may be stirred or agitated to mix and disperse relatively evenly throughout the ice-cream product. Upon final freezing, the beads of ice cream, which retain their beaded form, will be intermixed and suspended throughout the …