Ice cream making - Articles

Whitey’s Co-CEOs Jeff Tunberg, left, and his brother Jon

Whitey’s Ice Cream celebrates 90th anniversary of bringing joy to customers

Quad Cities ice cream processor named “Best in the Midwest.”

May 15, 2023

For 90 years, Whitey's Ice Cream, a third-generation, family-run ice cream processor, has been a staple in the Quad Cities (Rock Island and Moline in Illinois and Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa) by offering premium ice cream, famous upside-down shakes and more "their way."

Casper’s Ice Cream’s newest plant is a frozen novelty powerhouse

The state-of-the-art processing facility produces 350 million ice cream and frozen novelty products annually.

Kathie Canning

October 5, 2020

Richmond, Utah, is not exactly what one would call a metropolis, it boasts a population of fewer than 3,000 people. Despite its small status, however, the rural town has earned some decidedly big bragging rights.

Formulating ice cream with novel functional ingredients

As complex new ingredients are introduced to the ice cream mix, much remains to be understood about influences on physical/chemical properties.

Bruce Tharp

Steven Young

April 26, 2019

We have often noted the importance of various phenomena, including the agglomerated fat matrix and the size of ice crystals and air bubbles, to the sensory appeal and structural properties of ice cream. Key to managing these phenomena is a complex set of highly variable (sometimes unknown) functionalities.

Revisiting the clean-label ice cream conundrum

The obstacles to creating clean-label ice cream seem very much the same as they did a year ago.

Bruce Tharp

Steven Young

February 7, 2018

This past year, we have reflected together and individually on technical and non-technical considerations involved with formulating "clean-label" ice creams and related products.

How to achieve the best ice cream texture

Kimberly Decker

January 8, 2015

By choosing the right texturizing ingredients and handling them strategically, ice cream makers can craft an ice cream that performs properly and avoid the chemical-sounding additives consumers shun.

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