Ice cream machine and a method for producing an ice cream product using an ice cream machine

A method for producing ice cream with a machine having an extrusion nozzle, an ejection mechanism, a rotatable unit, at least one mould configured to rotate with the rotatable unit, the mould comprising a groove for receiving a stick, the groove comprising two sidewalls and a bottom, a stick providing arrangement for supplying the stick having a longitudinal direction to the groove of the mould, the stick providing arrangement configured to supply the stick in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the rotatable unit with the longitudinal direction of the stick parallel to the rotational axis of the rotatable unit, and a guiding structure configured to prevent more than one stick from entering the groove of the mould from the stick providing arrangement, the guiding structure comprising a slit which slopes radially inwards in a rotational direction of the rotatable unit such that the stick reaches the bottom of the groove, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing ice cream with or without inclusions;
• providing ice cream sticks in the stick providing arrangement;
• rotating the rotatable unit, whereby the groove matches the position of the stick providing arrangement such that a single stick enters the groove;
• rotating the rotatable unit such that one of the sidewalls of the groove brings the stick along a rotational movement towards the filling zone;
• extruding the ice cream through the extrusion nozzle into the mould to form an ice cream lolly;
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• ejecting the ice cream lolly out of the mould using the ejection mechanism.