Confectionery articles, and apparatus and processes for producing them

摘要

A composite ice confection product comprises an open-ended wafer with an internal fat-based coating and filled with the ice confection, a continuous fat-based capping covers the open-end(s) of the wafer. In a preferred process for preparing the product the capping is formed, for example by applying it below its slip-melting point and in fluid condition, in such a way that it forms with the internal coating a substantially expermeable envelope around the ice confection. A suitable apparatus is described in which the fat-based confection for the capping can be maintained fluid by shear and optionally also by overpressure.