Process and Device for Producing and Delivering Espresso Ice-Cream, Disposable Ice-Cream Base Container for Such Device and System for Producing and Delivering Espresso Ice-Cream

Apparatus for preparing an ice-cream base to be used in a device (1) for preparing an ice-cream or fruit sorbet, the base having previously been obtained through the steps of:

• preparing a mixture comprising at least one main ingredient in an amount between 40% and 85% and complementary ingredients in an amount completing 100%, said at least one main ingredient being composed of either fresh fruits or semi-finished fresh fruits, said complementary ingredients comprising either sugar or sugar syrups;
• subjecting the mixture to a flash-pasteurization process to obtain a flash-pasteurized ice-cream base, said step of subjecting the mixture to the flash-pasteurization process comprising the sub-steps of:
• pre-heating the mixture up to a temperature between 90° C. and 110° C. followed by heating the mixture up to a temperature between 120° C. and 140° C. for a time between 3 s and 6 s;
• and
• cooling the mixture with flash cooling by between 35° C. and 55° C. for a time between 10 s and 25 s;
• wherein said device (1) for producing and delivering ice-cream comprises:
• creaming means (3) for producing said ice-cream (2) starting from at least one of said ice-cream bases;
• supplying means (5) of at least one of said ice-cream bases to said creaming means (3);
• cooling means (7) of said creaming means (3);
• and
• delivering means (9) of said ice-cream (2) from said creaming means (3) outside said device (1).