Frozen confectionery product with a peelable gel coating and method for manufacturing same
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsThomas Aloisius Valentinus Amend, Visit Sridama, Changpu Ma
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a frozen confectionery product comprising a core consisting of a frozen confection, wherein the core is coated with a frozen flexible edible gel layer, characterized in that the gel layer is provided with at least one cutting line extending spirally over the gel layer, said cutting line allowing to peel-off the gel-layer in a spiral. It furthermore relates to an apparatus for manufacturing same, and to a cutting device for use in that method.
Claims14
Frozen confectionery product comprising a core comprising a frozen confection, the core is at least partially coated with a frozen flexible edible gel layer, the gel layer is provided with at least one cutting line extending spirally over the gel layer, the cutting line allowing to peel-off the gel-layer in a spiral.
Method for manufacturing a frozen confectionery product comprising the following steps of:
- filling a first mix into a mold, freezing the mix so that it forms the frozen gel layer in the mold and sucking off the excess mix, thereby obtaining a shell consisting of the frozen gel layer;
- filling a second mix forming the core consisting of a frozen confection into the shell;
- freezing and demolding the product;
- and
- cutting the at least one cutting line into the frozen gel layer using a cutting tool.
Cutting tool for use in a method for manufacturing a frozen confectionery product comprising at least two elements, each element comprising
- a void with an inner contour corresponding to the outer contour of the product to be cut, and
- at least one set of knives extending in parallel to each other along the inner contour of the void,
- wherein the sets of knives of the at least two elements form together the cutting line extending spirally over a gel layer of the frozen confectionery product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.