Abstract: A frozen aerated product having an overrun of between about 10% and about 250% and a pH, when melted, in the range about 3.5 to about 5.2, comprises water, 0 to about 20 w/w % fat, about 0.25 to about 20 w/w % milk solids not fat, about 0.05 to about 1.5 w/w % soluble dietary fibre and about 0.1 to about 5 w/w % of insoluble dietary fibre, about 0.1 to about 35 w/w % sweetener but no additional stabilisers or emulsifiers as herein defined. The soluble and insoluble dietary fibre may be derived from fruits or vegetables for example from one or more fruit purees, one or more vegetable purees or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A frozen aerated product having an overrun of between about 10% and about 250% and a pH, when melted, in the range about 3.5 to about 5.2, comprises water, 0 to about 20 w/w % fat, about 0.25 to about 20 w/w % milk solids not fat, about 0.05 to about 1.5 w/w % soluble dietary fibre and about 0.1 to about 5 w/w % of insoluble dietary fibre, about 0.1 to about 35 w/w % sweetener but no additional stabilisers or emulsifiers as herein defined. The soluble and insoluble dietary fibre may be derived from fruits or vegetables for example from one or more fruit purees, one or more vegetable purees or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a frozen food product comprising antifreeze peptides, wherein the process comprises one or more of the following steps; (i) a (pre-) freezing) step which is a nucleation dominated freezing process; (ii) a (post-) compaction step using a screw extruder or a (piston) compactor; The invention aims at providing the food manufacturer with a greater flexibility for using antifreeze peptide material in frozen food products when aiming to obtain a product with improved recrystallization properties in combination with a good texture. In particular it has been found that the texture of frozen food products containing antifreeze peptides can markedly be improved by carefully controlling its production method.

Abstract: A frozen aerated product in a container is provided. The product is under a pressure of between 4 and 18 barg, and the container is provided with a valve. The valve has a flow rate of above 6 g s?1, preferably between 10 and 30 g s?1. The flow rate of the valve being the mass flow rate at which the frozen aerated product, having a temperature of ?18° C., is discharged through the fully open valve to atmospheric pressure. Also provided are valves suitable for dispensing viscous products at high flow rate while retaining a low opening and actuation force.

Abstract: The invention relates to a frozen ice confection comprising ice granules, wherein the confection has a total solids content of from 4% to 10% by weight and comprising fat and emulsifier in a total amount of from 0.3% to 1.5% by weight. The invention further provides a pre-mix for the preparation of the ice confection.

Abstract: A frozen aerated product having an overrun of between about 10% and about 250% and a pH, when melted, in the range about 3.5 to about 5.2, comprises water, 0 to about 20 w/w % fat, about 0.25 to about 20 w/w % milk solids not fat, about 0.05 to about 1.5 w/w % soluble dietary fibre and about 0.1 to about 5 w/w % of insoluble dietary fibre, about 0.1 to about 35 w/w % sweetener but no additional stabilisers or emulsifiers as herein defined. The soluble and insoluble dietary fibre may be derived from fruits or vegetables for example from one or more fruit purees, one or more vegetable purees or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Use of a polypeptide or protein with amino acid sequence corresponding substantially to AFP-type III HPLC 12 as additive in a product for improvement of said product, said improvement residing in improved properties of modification of ice crystal growth processes influencing size and shape characteristics of ice in particular in regrowth thereby e.g. minimising potential freezing damage e.g. by preventing or inhibiting ice recrystallisation of the product upon freezing, said use occurring in a manner known per se for anti freeze peptides to obtain higher specific modification activity in particular antifreeze activity than obtainable with the same amount of Winter Flounder AFP.

Abstract: Frozen aerated edible product can be dispensed from single dose cartridges containing said frozen aerated edible product, using a portable dispenser comprising thermally insulated storing means for storing single dose cartridges containing said frozen aerated edible product, said thermally insulated storing means being adapted to be mounted on the back of a person, and dispensing means capable of holding a single dose cartridge containing said frozen aerated edible product outside the storing means, said dispensing means comprising discharge means capable of discharging frozen aerated edible product out of said single dose cartridge.

Abstract: An ice-cream container pack that forms a replaceable cartridge in an associated dispensing machine, said pack comprising a cylindrical body fitted with a nozzle and a plunger which, when operated by the piston of said machine, dispenses the ice cream from the pack via said nozzle, said pack being characterized in that the bottom edge (8) of the cylindrical body wall (1) is directly attached to the end wall (5), said end wall being in the form of a truncated cone, the smaller and free base of which houses the extrusion nozzle (7), whereby a part of the end wall (5) constitutes the support base for the pack on the support (4?) with which said dispensing machine is provided.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for preparing a frozen ice confection comprising a frozen composition incorporating inclusions in a desired distribution by combining a flow of frozen composition with one or more flows comprising inclusions, in such a way that the flows comprising inclusions are introduced discontinuously at a multiplicity of positions in the cross-section of flow of frozen composition, and extruding the resulting combined flow without first subjecting the combined flow to any active blending step.

Abstract: Use of a polypeptide or protein with amino acid sequence corresponding substantially to AFP-type III HPLC 12 as additive in a product for improvement of said product, said improvement residing in improved properties of modification of ice crystal growth processes influencing size and shape characteristics of ice in particular in regrowth thereby e.g. minimizing potential freezing damage e.g. by preventing or inhibiting ice recrystallization of the product upon freezing, said use occurring in a manner known per se for anti freeze peptides to obtain higher specific modification activity in particular antifreeze activity than obtainable with the same amount of Winter Flounder AFP.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an anti-freeze peptide and to the peptides obtained from bacteria from an aqueous low-temperature environment, such as Marinomonas protea and a Pseudomonas species. These anti-freeze peptides can suitably be incorporated in frozen food products such as frozen vegetables and frozen confectionery such as ice-cream.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a fat phase and having overrun of at least 90%, characterized in that at least 50 w/w % of said fat phase is liquid at ?5° C. The invention particularly relates to such compositions in the form of an ice cream. The invention also provides a process for the preparation of a composition, wherein said process comprises aerating a mix comprising a fat phase in a freezer barrel enclosing an internal volume, said internal volume comprising an aeration means, wherein said aeration means displaces less than 40% of said internal volume, characterized in that at least 50 w/w % of said fat phase is liquid at ?5° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cold extruded composition with at least 90% overrun, wherein said composition comprises a fat phase which has a high ratio of liquid fat to solid fat at the processing temperature. The present invention also relates to a process for the production of such compositions wherein a mix is aerated in an internal volume of a freezer barrel with a aerating means which has a low displacement of said internal volume, prior to cold extrusion.

Abstract: Anti-freeze protein comprising at least 40% of the amino acids serine, threonine and asparigine and having at least 80% of sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 as well as modified forms thereof.

Abstract: A process for the production of a frozen food product comprising Anti-freeze peptides, wherein the conditions are chosen such that the ice-crystals in the product have an aspect ratio of from 1.9 to 3.

Abstract: A frozen product comprises a cartridge containing a frozen aerated confection having an overrun of above 20% and below 100%, and containing less than 1.5% w/w glycerol, freezing point depressants in an amount of between 25% and 37% w/w, and between 2 and 12% fat, wherein the freezing point depressants have a number average molecular weight <M>n of less than 300. The frozen aerated confection has a soft structure and can be extruded from the cartridge at −18° C.

Abstract: Anti-freeze protein which can be derived from Lichen, said protein having an apparent molecular weight of from 20 to 28 kDa and having an N-terminal amino acid sequence which shows at least 80% overlap with: A-P-A-V-V-M-G-D-A-E-S-F-G-A-I-A-H-G-G-L and modified versions and isoforms of this protein.

Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus with two compartments operating at two different temperatures wherein a freezer comprising a storing volume adapted to receive products to be stored at a temperature below 0° C., an evaporator within said storing volume and a compressor located outside said storing volume, is fitted with a storing box, adapted to receive products to be stored at a temperature above the temperature in the storing volume, located within the storing volume, said box being fitted with heating means.