An apparatus is disclosed for the production of frozen ice-cream mass with
solid ingredients, which in the finished ice-cream mass will appear
substantially as inclusions which distinguish themselves by flavour,
appearance and/or consistency from the surrounding homogenous ice-cream
mass. The apparatus comprises a first through-flow freezer for cooling of
a continuous flow of mass, and a second through-flow freezer for further
cooling of the continuous flow of mass, where a mixing-in arrangement for
the mixing of solid ingredients into the continuous flow of mass is
inserted between the through-flow freezer and the second through-flow
freezer. It is hereby achieved that the mixing-in of the solid
ingredients takes place in the frozen ice-cream mass when this has a
temperature between -3.degree. C. and -7.degree. C. at which the
viscosity of the mass is low. In order to achieve this uniform
distribution of the solid ingredients, it is an advantage that the second
through-flow freezer comprises a freezing cylinder and a conveyor screw
which comprises a plurality of screw flights, at least two of which
extend over the inlet part of the longitudinal extent of the conveyor
screw, and where the outer edges of the two screw flights extend at
different radial distance from the longitudinal axis. There is hereby
achieved a better induction to the second through-flow freezer, and the
inlet pressure can be reduced, typically to 4-6 bar.