Summer is hot! Cliche. Oops..Since summer is here, it is time to cool down while enjoying the sun. One way to enjoy the sunshine is to eat frozen foods. And the best frozen food is no less than.. ice cream!

Talking about ice cream, there is a new one that is getting popular in ads-soft ice cream. So, the traditional one is hard? To find out more about soft ice cream, let us explore the machine through which it is made-soft serve machines. Read on and know its features.

Soft serve is a kind of ice cream, yoghurt, custard and the like which are not hard frozen. To achieve this, there are soft serve machines that add air to the ice cream, adding to its volume up to 45%. If 25% of air is added to one gallon of ice cream, that means 1.25 gallons of ice cream. The combination of higher temperature and more air creates creamier consistency to the mix. Because of air, soft serve machines will minimize the use of ingredients.

These machines are indeed so cool, and so there features are. These machines are self-contained unit that store mix, churn, and freeze it into soft ice cream, and then dispense it. Other models are incorporated with touchpad LED displays that will let you set the time or consistency of the finish product. When this is set, the machines automatically adapt to whatever mix is used. Moreover, there is a low-mix light that tells when to fill again the mix hopper. Some models possess audible signal that tells when to add more mix.

Soft serve machines have safety mechanism that guards against compressor burnout. This mechanism allows the compressor to shut down if you don?t detect the low-mix alarm within few minutes. But the compressor will cycle after each 10 minutes to keep the ice cream cold until another is added to the mix. Other mechanism includes shooting hot refrigerant gas from the condenser to the barrel to avoid the ice cream from freezing solidly.

When choosing soft serve machines, the capacity must be ensured depending on the desired volume of ice cream to be produced in every setting. Usually, machines are measured in volumes. Machines with high volume can produce ice cream suited for 7 servings, medium for 4-5 servings, and low volume for 2-3 servings.

As to energy consumption, soft serve machines with small capacity generally use up 115 volts while the larger ones consume 208-230 volts.

Once the mix has turned into soft ice cream, it is now ready to be served in a cone or bowl. It can also be matched in root beers or banana split desserts. Whatever is your choice, walk under the sun and get cool down with soft ice cream. Happy eating.