Frozen Dessert Industry & Machine Articles — vegan

Scoop School: Making your ice cream FRUITY

Posted by Destini Miller on Jul 27, 2020

As simple as it is, unfortunately you can't just drop whole pieces of frozen fruits into your ice cream batch, freeze it, and expect it to taste fruity the next day. The fruit will freeze solid like ice and give your customers a lot of discomfort while eating. There's actually a very simple science to extracting the juice from the fruit and creating a 'simple syrup'. Scoop School gives us the rundown on how to create a puree out of your frozen fruits. To create this syrup you'll need some sort of container to hold your berries in. Mr. C...

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Tags: Frozen Fruit, Scoop School, Sorbetto, vegan

Spotlight: Break-A-Whey

Posted by Priya Brantley on Jul 17, 2020

Break-A-Whey is a new product was started by Jeff Kulis. It is an all natural high protein frozen yogurt. It has a unique and new outtake on how to have a great nutrition with great taste, as well as being healthy. He looked to replace the traditional ice cream being served. Break-A-Whey is an all natural alternative, especially to facilities where health is paramount. Break-A-Whey was created to fit into the nutritional needs of of kids, athletes, recovering patients, and of course the average individual who wants to treat themselves without feeling guilty. Break-A-Whey is manufactured in Saugatuck, Michigan by...

Spotlight: Tony's Daiquiri and Vape

Posted by Priya Brantley on Jun 30, 2020

We sat down with Tamara Saba from Tony’s Daiquiri and Vape in Bernice, Louisiana. “We had daiquiris before, so getting new machines was a way to add new flavors,” says Saba. “We serve alcoholic frozen drinks and now feature a lot more flavors.” They feature flavors such as strawberry, margarita, hurricane, and watermelon to name a few. The public’s response has been extremely positive, with a favorite flavor being suicide. “Everyone loves it,” says Saba. She also has advice for restaurants starting up during this time. “Be careful, make sure you keep cleaning. Make sure you are going through the...

Chicago Vegan Foods

Posted by Priya Brantley on Jun 10, 2020

We sat down with Dan Reed from Chicago Vegan Foods, who are also the producers of Temptations Vegan Soft Serve and Dandie’s Marshmallow’s, a vegan marshmallow line. “The company started in 2001, our founder Ryan Howard, was a long time vegan, who is actually celebrating his twenty-sixth year in veganism. Vegan has always been extremely important to him. At that time there weren’t a whole lot of vegan options. In short, we got started through activism, which led us to where we are today.” Current establishments that feature Temptation Soft Serve and Dandie’s Marshmallow’s is a pretty healthy mix...

Spotlight: Mami's Gelato

Posted by Priya Brantley on May 08, 2020

We interviewed Phanor Komoda, the marketing rep for Mami’s Gelato. We discussed in detail their upcoming product Oatragous as well as their popular classics Froconut and Almondice. Komoda got his start in the frozen dessert industry while working at a restaurant with the daughter of Naomi Posner-Horie, the founder of Mami’s Gelato. They were looking for a salesperson, and with Komoda’s sales background, as well as becoming a vegan, it seemed like a perfect fit! “The perks of vegan gelato is your body is going to receive it well. I’m lactose sensitive so I can digest it a lot...