Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Adrian Matthew Daniel

Jon Richard Oldroyd

Ian Lacy

Ian Timothy Norton

Timothy John Foster

Richard Anthony Fenn

Scott Singleton

Andrew Hoddle

Leif Orjan Lundin

Anabela Jones

Robin Sutton

Douglas James Barnes

Vijay Arjun Sawant

Frozen aerated confection, containing no orchid product, but containing an effective amount of certain polysaccharides are prepared which exhibit at least the same extensibility as the one exhibited when orchid derived products are added.

Frozen aerated confection

Ice confection

The method of adding an antifreeze protein to an ice confection to restrict the flow of flavor or color ions or molecules present as either solutes or a dispersion, wherein the ice confection contains no protein other than the antifreeze protein.

An ice confection product having a volume of from 1 to 20 ml and a thickness of greater than 5 mm comprising an antifreeze protein, wherein &Dgr; modulus/original modulus&gE;0.4, and/or &Dgr; strength/original strength&gE;0.4; providing that when &Dgr; modulus/original modulus&lE;6.0, &Dgr; modulus&gE;50 MPa, and/or when &Dgr; strength/original strength&lE;2.0, &Dgr; strength&gE;0.2 MPa. Such ice confection products have properties which are akin to boiled sweets. Such products cannot be bitten or chewed but must be sucked, resulting in a product which remains in the mouth longer and is more refreshing.

A water ice comprising an antifreeze protein, a stabilizer and not less than 0.1 wt % of a protein based aerating agent obtainable by a process comprising aerating the ice confection with an aerating gas which contains at least 50% by volume of a water soluble gas such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and mixtures thereof.

A water ice product is provided which is stable to processing and storage at -18.degree. C., said product having a channelled porous structure having a gas phase volume of between 0.1 of 0.45 after hardening, wherein the water ice product comprises a stabiliser and not less than 0.1 wt % protein based aerating agent. Also provided is a process for preparation of the above water ice product, comprising the steps; (i) aeration of a water ice composition with an aerating gas which contains at least 50% by volume of a water soluble gas; (ii) freezing in a freezer such that the residence time in the freezer is approximately 2.5 to 10 minutes; and (iii) two-stage hardening.

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Adrian Matthew Daniel