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Heat Treatment in Soft Serve Machines: The Ultimate Guide for Businesses

Posted by Miriah Mather on

What is a Heat Treatment? Heat treatment is a feature added to a soft-serve or milkshake machine  to reduce the frequency of thorough cleaning through heating the mix hopper to  66°C (151°F) for 30 minutes at the end of each day. This process destroys microorganisms, ensuring the hygiene and safety of the products served. Unlike a regular soft serve machine that requires complete disassembly and cleaning by hand every 3-5 days, a machine with heat treatment allows you to stretch those cleanings to 14 - 28 days before needing to disassemble and deep clean. These machines are equipped with advanced monitoring systems. Temperatures...

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Check Out Joy Cones!

Posted by Priya Brantley on

In this video, our lead technician Evan Waldt shows us how many Joy ice cream cones our quality used Stoelting E111 can crank out. Evan uses Joy Cones to hold the soft serve product. Joy Cone is a quality brand of ice cream cones that was started over 100 years ago by Lebanese immigrant, Albert George. They make a wide range of cone products, such as your standard cake cups, sugar cones, and our personal favorite, their waffle cones and waffle bowls. An added perk is that much of their cone products also come in gluten-free options! Pair with product...

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Spotlight Piece: R N A Ice Cream

Posted by Priya Brantley on

Slices Concession interviewed Ralph from R n A Ice Cream, a popular ice cream truck in New York City. He searched online and found out about Slices Concession due to seeing the great reviews. Ralph states that Slices Concession is the fastest company to get in touch with. Ralph's main point of contact was with managing partner, Chino Leong. "The buying process was very smooth," says Ralph, "even though Slices Concession is located states away." Ralph got into the ice cream industry while working in a school district where he realized the local area had no ice cream trucks. Ralph...

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Dole Whip!

Posted by Priya Brantley on

If you are familiar with Dole soft serve, you are sure to have tasted their iconic pineapple whip. Dole Pineapple Whip mix has proved to be a cult classic, with true fans even cementing their love for the frozen treat with tattoos. But Dole soft serve has many more flavors to choose from that our readers might find even more intriguing. Adding Dole soft serve can help with an increase in sales due to it being very popular and also being dairy-free, meaning vegan and lactose intolerant customers can indulge. Other great aspects of Dole soft serve mix include the...

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SPOTLIGHT: Merrill Beverage

Posted by Priya Brantley on

We sat down with Joel Tharp, owner of Merill Beverage. For the past 24 years, Merill Beverage has provided frozen drink and dessert mixes to convenience stores, bars, restaurants, night clubs, and schools. In the world of frozen drink mixes, there are many companies to choose from but what sets Merill Beverage apart from the competition is the quality of their premium products which range from slushie mixes, cocktail mixes for bars, frozen cappuccinos, and even fruit juice slushie mixes that have made their mark in school districts. The fruit juice slushie mix is made from 100% fruit juice with...

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