Ice cream manufacturing and packaging process and a package for this process
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1. A process for manufacturing and packaging a variety of ice cream products on a processing line comprising:
- filling liquid raw materials into at least one mixing tank;
mixing said liquid raw materials in said at least one mixing tank;
cooling said liquid raw materials to a temperature near the freezing point of water whereby said liquid raw materials become ice cream;
providing a supply of open topped, low aspect ratio, unlabeled trays;
filling said trays with said ice cream;
hardening said ice cream filled trays in a cryogenic hardener wherein said ice cream is quickly hardened because of said low aspect ratio of said tray; and
, applying lids and labels bearing product identifying information to said hardened ice cream filled trays, thereby creating an ice cream product in a closed multiple serving container.
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Abstract
A process for making and packaging multi serving ice cream products using cryogenic hardening of ice cream in consumer containers before the containers are closed and labeled. A plastic tray container which is stable when disposed horizontally or vertically provides better processing and an improved package for both retailers and consumers.
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1. A process for manufacturing and packaging a variety of ice cream products on a processing line comprising:
- filling liquid raw materials into at least one mixing tank;
mixing said liquid raw materials in said at least one mixing tank;
cooling said liquid raw materials to a temperature near the freezing point of water whereby said liquid raw materials become ice cream;
providing a supply of open topped, low aspect ratio, unlabeled trays;
filling said trays with said ice cream;
hardening said ice cream filled trays in a cryogenic hardener wherein said ice cream is quickly hardened because of said low aspect ratio of said tray; and
, applying lids and labels bearing product identifying information to said hardened ice cream filled trays, thereby creating an ice cream product in a closed multiple serving container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- filling liquid raw materials into at least one mixing tank;
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12. An improved process for manufacturing and packaging ice cream products in a multiple serving shipping container comprising:
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providing liquid raw materials in at least one mixing tank; mixing said raw materials in said at least one mixing tank; cooling said raw materials to a temperature near the freezing point of water until said raw materials become ice cream; providing at least one open topped, low aspect ratio, unlabeled, multiple serving shipping container; filling said shipping container with said ice cream; hardening said ice cream in a cryogenic hardener wherein said ice cream is quickly hardened because of said low aspect ratio of said container; applying a lid to said at least one shipping container thereby creating a closed container; and applying a label to said closed container. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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