EXPRESS BASE
All of our bases are available as Express Base, sold in foil bags weighting about 1 Kg, which are stirred into 2L of just-boiled water, yielding about 3.6L of ice cream, varying slightly in weight depending on inclusions and toppings. EXPRESS BASE is the perfect way to get started. It is so easy to use and produces delicious ice cream consistently.
ADD-A-COW BASE
Add-a-Cow is a classic Italian style base, popular in countries where milk is inexpensive. Get started with Express Base because it’s so easy to use. Switch to Add-A-Cow later. Add your own milk, cream and sugar. This gives you everything you get with Express base for less cost.
BOTH KINDS OF BASE ARE AVAILABLE IN A NUMBER OF PRE-PACKAGED FLAVORS OR UNFLAVORED
ICE CREAM PASTES
Pastes are what flavor ice cream. They are about as thick as porrage, full of the real fruits and/or nuts and contain imported Italian flavors and aromas. The non-sugar flavors are made with at least two, up to four different natural sweeeteners, to give the exact sweetness and mouth feel of sugar. Pastes come in 4 L pails, which can make 16 tubs of fruit flavors or 26 tubs of nut flavors. Pastes are preserved with sorbic acid, a natural product, that makes them taste sour in the pail but they are sweet when added to ice cream. Pastes, once opened, DO NOT REQUIRE REFRIGERATION.
TOPPINGS
Toppings are pastes with pieces of fruit or nuts large enough to be easily seen. Once opened, THEY REQUIRE REFRIGERATION.