Mocha move from Danisco

As the United States celebrates National Ice Cream week this week, the media is awash with reports from companies and associations boasting a multitude of reports linked to this popular food product.

Food ingredients company Danisco is no exception. On Tuesday the company announced the launch of a new coffee flavoured ice cream idea. Elevations 700, claims Danisco​, allows the food manufacturer to "tap into consumers from both the coffee and ice cream markets with a cinnamon hazelnut coffee flavoured ice cream bar".​Added to this is America's number one passion, chocolate.

"It's a very nice line extension for ice cream customers,"​ said Cathy Miller, technical applications director for ingredients at Danisco. "Typically, we don't see a lot of coffee flavoured ice cream bars, and the bars we do see are not coated in chocolate,"​ she continued.

Danisco claims that the stabiliser/emulsifier blend used in this concept provides maximum heat shock protection, minimises ice crystal formation and slows dripping. "The stabiliser can be used just like any other ice cream stabiliser,"​ said Miller. "It doesn't require any special handling."​

According to a statement, the emulsifier used in the chocolate coating, Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate (PGPR), provides moisture absorption, an easy-flowing, low-viscous coating, and low yield value. "We're finding that the coating adheres extremely well to the ice cream bar, with the addition of PGPR, while allowing for a higher yield value for the coating - one of the more expensive ingredients,"​ commented Miller.

In terms of flavour addition, the coffee concentrate and the cinnamon hazelnut flavouring can be added together into the ice cream flavour tank. "This is a nice, indulgent alternative to capitalise on the popularity of flavoured coffee in an adult novelty treat,"​ concluded Miller.