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US 5,633,029 AGranted
Preparation of confections
AssigneeGood Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsDavid R. Cox, Stephen R. Moore
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Abstract
A suspension containing a large number of very small ice crystals in a sugar solution is obtained by mixing a concentrated sugar solution with a less concentrated sugar solution or water, both solutions having been cooled to a temperature of from just above the metastable limit temperature of the respective solution to just above the melting point of the respective solution prior to mixing.
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A method of preparing a suspension comprising ice crystals in a sugar solution, said method comprising:
- (i) cooling a first solution of concentrated sugar to a temperature of from just above the metastable limit temperature of the solution to just above the melting point of the solution;
- (ii) cooling a second solution of less concentrated sugar or water to a temperature of from just above the metastable limit temperature of the solution to just above the melting point of the solution;
- (iii) mixing the cooled solutions obtained in steps (i) and (ii) to form a suspension comprising ice crystals in a sugar solution;
- providing that if one or both of the solutions of steps (i) and (ii) is cooled to a temperature of from just above the metastable limit temperature of the respective solution to below the melting point of the respective solution, the respective solution is supercooled.
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