The application scenarios of ice cream production line equipment cover large-scale industrial production, food service chains, innovative product development, and more. Below is a detailed overview of the types of ice cream and the corresponding production processes and equipment:
1. Types of Ice Cream
Ice cream can be categorized into multiple types based on production techniques, ingredients, and forms:
● Soft-Serve Ice Cream: Made with lower fat content and higher air incorporation (overrun), typically served directly from a continuous freezer. Common in fast-food chains and kiosks.
● Hard Ice Cream: Higher fat content, slower freezing process, and denser texture. Often used in packaged retail products.
● Sorbet: Dairy-free, fruit-based frozen dessert with a smooth texture, requiring specialized mixing and freezing equipment.
2. Core Production Line Components
Modern ice cream production lines integrate automated equipment to achieve efficiency and consistency:
Pasteurizer: Ensures microbial safety by heating mixtures to 83–85°C for 15 seconds.
Homogenizer: Breaks down fat globules for smoother texture (e.g., high-pressure homogenizers).
Continuous Freezer: Churns and aerates the mixture to create overrun (volume expansion up to 100%).
Filling Machine: Deposits ice cream into cups, cones, or molds; supports multi-flavor layering.
Quick-Freezing Tunnel: Rapidly hardens products at -40°C to preserve structure.
3. Application Scenarios
1Large-Scale Industrial Production
Key Users: Dairy factories, frozen dessert manufacturers.
Features:
■Fully automated lines (e.g., mixing → aging → freezing → packaging) for outputs of 2,000–10,000 cups/hour.
■Compatibility with diverse formats: cups, cones, bars, and novelty shapes.