Cooling equipment experts Starfrost partnered with Mackie’s of Scotland to install highly efficient freezing technology to improve and expand ice cream production at its real dairy farm in Aberdeenshire.
With the goal to become the most environmentally friendly company in the UK, Mackie’s of Scotland has invested GBP4.5m in new technology and development of its dairy. The recent freezer replacement project from Starfrost forms part of the large scale green initiative implemented by Mackie’s of Scotland.
The Helix spiral freezer is a low carbon design that uses eco-friendly C02 as a refrigerant, which has no impact on global warming or ozone depletion in comparison to HCHC’s, and provides a reliable and future-proof solution for the dairy as CO2 is unaffected by HFC restrictions.
In addition to the energy efficiency benefits, the spiral freezer installed at Mackie’s has enhanced the quality of the ice cream produced at the dairy. Blind taste trials were conducted by Mackie’s own board of research developers, the team compared ice cream frozen by both the Starfrost Helix spiral freezer and the previously used freezing system. The Starfrost freezing system scooped up success in the trials with a unanimous vote based upon taste and texture of the ice cream.