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November 17th, 2006 | Category: Ask Ernie

ASK ERNIE: THE OTHER HALF OF THE ICE CREAM EQUATION

Posted by: Turkey Hill Team

You may have noticed our ice cream expert, Ernie, has been taking questions about some of the technical aspects of the ice cream process via the link in the right hand column of this blog. He's been in the dairy industry for over 40 years, and grew up on a dairy farm in New York State, so ask away. A couple times each month, your questions will be answered by Ernie on this blog. Here's one to get us started.

JC from Evans City, PA (favorite flavor: “Jana's Sticky Bun”) writes:

Where does all the cream that you use in your ice cream come from?

Thanks for your question, JC. All of our milk and most of our cream comes from local sources, but during the summer, when Lancaster County cows are producing less milk, some of the cream is delivered via 50,000 lb. tanker trucks that may come from as far away as California.

The cream is loaded at near freezing temperature into a well insulated, giant thermos-like tank and two drivers make the trip across the country to Turkey Hill. When the trucks arrive at our plant, the cream is tested and the temperature is taken to make sure it's still at refrigerator-like temperatures. Within hours it is being incorporated into ice cream.

Hope this helps!

Ernie

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5 Comments

Nancy Jo wrote:

PLEASE, Ernie-
I love plain banana ice cream. I challenge you to find any company who makes it. I just don’t like all the extras that most put in theirs…any banana is usually banana split.
Could you consider it? THANKS!!

April 1st, 2008 at 7:18 am
James Mills wrote:

Where can i buy Turkey Hill ice cream?I live in Gasport NY.14067.

Thanks James

October 5th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Kathleen wrote:

SF FF Cherry vanilla Fudge ripple! For all the weight watchers out there — Check the calories and fat — you would be surprised! It’s great!

July 1st, 2007 at 7:53 am
T Hill Guru wrote:

My guess would be that all the ice cream is made in lancaster county at just one location and it would be too costly to ship ice cream from the east coast to the west coast

December 1st, 2006 at 11:17 am
Jessica wrote:

In that case, what’s stopping you from doing the opposite - delivering your finished ice cream to California, for example? What is Turkey Hill’s philosophy on delivery range, in regards to freshness and quality?

November 17th, 2006 at 9:07 am

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