How do you add inclusions to novelties such as cones, push tubes and sandwiches?
A: The addition of particulate inclusions into such novelties is limited by their relatively small size and the need to maintain specific shape identity in cones (particularly the round-top variety) and sandwiches. As particulates become larger, the number of particles in a given volume of ice cream becomes smaller. In other words, with novelties, which are typically small portions as compared to half-gallon cartons of ice cream, large particulate inclusions could be absent from some units altogether. Furthermore, large particulates tend to interfere with the uniformity of shape, which is important to cones and sandwiches. Thus, inclusions for novelties should be relatively small in size so pieces are present in all servings and novelty shapes are not affected.