At City Kidz Food Science Educational Lab, there’s more to ice cream than meets the scoop. Whether it’s learning the behind-the-scenes production process, understanding food science and technology or working to put a product on national stores’ shelves, the lab provides more than just a typical classroom experience.

What needs to be considered when coloring ice cream? Color is almost always added to frozen desserts to enhance the visual appeal of the finished product.

The top three ice cream flavors are not going away, but today’s consumers have become more adventurous in all of their food choices.

Dippin’ Dots produces more than 40 varieties of ice cream, ice cream cakes, sherbet, flavored ice and frozen yogurt.

Futuristic flash-freeze processing creates Dippin’ Dots ice cream and more in Paducah, Ky.

For many ice cream processors, less is more, and that means fewer complex ingredients.

Novelties are units of frozen desserts designed for consumption as a single serving.

From sweet to savory, bits and pieces add excitement to ordinary dairy products.