Stirrer of a machine for making and dispensing liquid or semiliquid food products and machine comprising the stirrer

A stirrer of a machine for making and dispensing ice cream products, rotating about an axis and characterized in that it comprises:

• a first end element and a second end element;
• longitudinal elements extending along the axis between the first end element and second end element;
• scraping elements removably couplable to the longitudinal elements, the scraping elements having a portion that is partly helical in shape, wherein:
• the scraping elements are provided with first engagement elements configured to allow the scraping elements and longitudinal elements to be coupled to each other.
• the first engagement elements are formed on opposite sides of the portion.
• the first engagement elements are defined by a plurality of elastically deformable locking elements adapted to allow the scraping element to be held at a predetermined position when it has been removably coupled to the longitudinal elements.