Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is pondering how to make an ice cream that is made, shipped and sold warm, with the consumer taking the final step of actually freezing the product.
The goal would be to reduce energy and emissions spent on keeping ice cream cold throughout the supply chain, reports TimesOnline.
The company has its scientists, along with researchers from Cambridge University, hard at work on a solution. So far, the optimal formula is not in sight, however. The company already has taken steps to improve energy efficiency at ice cream processing plants in the UK, Germany, Italy and France.
In addition, it is upgrading 2 million refrigerated and frozen cases that it supplies to retailers who sell Unilever products. For instance, about 400,000 of the units are now powered by propane, consuming 15 percent less energy.
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