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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sarah Jane Gray, Bedford, GB;
Susan Turan, Bedford, GB;
Assignee:
Good Humor - Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc., Green Bay, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 9/02 ; A23L 3/015 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 9/02 ; A23L 3/015 ;
Abstract
Using an homogenizer operating at higher pressures (ca. 2000 bar) than those conventionally used in ice cream manufacturing, it is possible to generate smaller oil droplet sizes (ca. 0.3 &mgr;m) in an ice cream premix. It allows stabilization of a larger air:water interface, leading to smaller discrete gas cells which in turn modify the organoleptic quality of the ice cream.