2. Soft serve is a type of ice cream that is softer than
regular ice cream, as a result of air being
introduced during freezing. Soft serve ice cream
has been sold commercially since the late 1930s.
Definition:
3. Soft serve is generally lower in milk-fat (3% to 6%)
than ice cream (10% to 18%) and is produced at a
temperature of about −4 °C compared to ice
cream, which is stored at −15 °C. Soft serve
contains air, introduced at the time of freezing.
Characteristics:
4. Over Memorial Day weekend of 1934, Tom Carvel, the
founder of the Carvel brand and franchise, suffered a flat
tire in his ice cream truck in Hartsdale, New York. He pulled
into a parking lot and began selling his melting ice cream to
vacationers driving by. Within two days he had sold his
entire supply of ice cream and concluded that both a fixed
location and soft (as opposed to hard) frozen desserts were
potentially good business ideas. In 1936, Carvel opened his
first store on the original broken down truck site and
developed a secret soft serve ice cream formula as well as
patented super low temperature ice cream machines.
History:
5. Cream ice cream (krémfagylalt) is the term sometimes used in Hungary.
Creemee: A term popular in New England.
Mr Whippy or a 99 are the terms used for soft-serve in the UK.
Soft ice cream or soft-serve ice cream are terms used for soft serve in Greater China.
Softcream (ソフトクリーム sofutokuriimu?) is used to describe an analogous product
in Japan.
Soft ice Softeis (Germany), softijs (Netherlands and Flanders), softis (Norway)).
Soft ice cream Gelat tou ([Andorra], [Catalonia])
Softee or softie is the term used for soft-serve in India.
Italian ice cream (glace italienne (France), sorvete italiano (Brazil), lody włoskie
(Poland)) is the term used in France, Brazil and Poland.
Soft icecream (mjukglass) is the term used for soft-serve in Sweden.
Machine icecream (helado de maquina (Dominican Republic), inghetata la dozator
(Romania).
Semi-frozen (semi-frio) is the term used in Portugal.
Soft serve is the term used in Australia.
Candy (with Spanish pronunciation)
Terms used in disguise: