IDFA hosts its 35th Annual Capitol Hill Ice Cream Party in Washington, D.C.
July 11, 2017
America’s top five ice cream flavors are vanilla, chocolate, cookies n’ cream, mint chocolate chip and chocolate chip cookie dough. IDFA served nearly 70 flavors of ice cream and thousands of root beer floats at its annual Capitol Hill Ice Cream Party.
Three Twins Ice Cream, Petaluma, Calif., added two new frozen novelties. The lemon ice cream wafer sandwich contains 180 calories, 7 grams of fat, 16 grams of sugar and 3 grams of protein per 4-ounce bar.
Skinny Cow, a brand of Nestlé, Oakland, Calif., updated the recipes for all of its frozen treats, redesigned all its packaging and added frozen Greek yogurt bars in two flavors: Salt-Kissed Caramel and Chocolate Fudgetastic Swirl.
Blue Bunny, a brand of Wells Enterprises, Le Mars, Iowa, launched Bunny Snacks. These bite-sized stickless ice cream bars are available in four flavors: salted caramel pretzel, chocolate vanilla twist, chocolate chip cookie and cookies ‘n cream.
Formulation options include use of high-intensity sweeteners. Processing techniques include using pre-aeration of the mix to produce smaller, more stable air bubbles.