Today ice cream may be considered a luxury food item although its popularity is increasing rapidly.

Ice cream is consumed more in cities.

However occasionally, particularly in meetings and social gatherings, it is being used even in villages and towns.

The consumption of ice cream is likely to increase in future.

Starting an ice cream business can be extremely lucrative, as long as you have researched other ice cream businesses in your area and developed a detailed Business plan.

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There are stages in an ice cream process these are:

Firstly, the raw ingredients mainly milk, added milk powder, sugars and fats such as cream, butter or vegetable-fats, must all be heat treated (cooked) and blended through heating to emulsify the fat in the mix.

The mix is heated to a temperature of 65-85°C for a specific time to achieved  pasteurization which then kills harmful-bacteria present in the pre-heated ingredients.

The heat treatment is usually defined in the Food Regulations that apply in the country of production.

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Finally the chilled mix is frozen to -6°C to -9°C, very quickly within 5-10 minutes in either a continuous or batch freezer by way of a churning/whipping process.

During this freezing cycle the complete mixture is poured or pumped into the freezing chamber of the freezer to be frozen.

Inside this chamber the mix, now containing sugars, water, fats and proteins is partially frozen incorporating air bubbles, resulting in a finished ice cream similar in consistency to a soft-serve ice cream.

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