Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc.

Scott B Backinoff

Robert W Martin, Jr

Nicole C Brake

Alger C Marable

An apparatus for forming an extruded ice cream bar with variegated inclusions. The apparatus includes a main die having a section with sidewalls extending between upper and lower end portions and defining a cavity. In the preferred embodiment, a plurality of intermediate dies for insertion of the inclusions are positioned within the cavity and spaced from the sidewalls of the main die. The intermediate dies gradually and progressively change in cross-sectional shape from being round at the top to the desired shape of the inclusion at the bottom. As the ice cream flows through the cavity of the main die, it passes along and about the intermediate dies through which the inclusions are flowing. Each intermediate die is preferably fed by two tubes so that the final shape of the inclusion at the bottom of the intermediate die is fully and evenly filed. The intermediate dies are preferably made of heat conductive, metallic material wherein the surrounding ice cream in the main die will gradually and progressively cool the hotter inclusions in the intermediate dies before they reach the insertion locations.

Apparatus for forming an extruded ice cream dessert with inclusions

The frozen dessert products of the present invention preferably comprise a base mixture of, on a percent solids (dry) basis, about 1% to about 12% high fructose corn syrup, about 5% to about 20% corn syrup having a DE of about 36, about 2% to about 22% sucrose, about 2% to about 6% maltodextrin, about 0.2% to about 5% egg white, about 1% to about 9% FRUITRIM&reg; blend (comprising fruit juices and natural grain dextrins), about 0.2% to about 1.5% stabilizer, about 0% to about 0.12% emulsifier, about 0% to about 1.5% modified food starch, about 0% to about 5% milk fat, about 0% to about 10% milk solids non-fat (MSNF) with the balance being water, and on a volume basis, from about 20% to about 90% fruit puree. Flavor ingredients may be added. The method of production for the frozen dessert products comprises the steps of blending the above ingredients to form a base mixture, pasteurizing and homogenizing the base mixture, adding fruit puree to form a final mixture, extruding to a final density of about 4.5 to about 8 lbs/gallon, packaging the final mixture, and hardening the final mixture to a core temperature below &minus;10 degrees F.

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Pleasanton, CA, United States of America

Scott B Backinoff