Glossary · Ice cream & treats
Scoop
Definition
A scoop is a rounded portion of hard ice cream, and also the spring-loaded tool used to serve it. Scooped ice cream is kept colder than soft serve.
Scooped ice cream is frozen in advance and stored in tubs in a freezer, then served with a scoop. Because it is kept colder than soft serve, it is firmer, and the server has to work it into a ball. Different flavours sit side by side in the freezer, so a menu can offer more variety.
Each flavour should have its own scoop or a clean scoop between flavours. That matters for allergens as well as taste, because a scoop moved from one tub to another can carry traces with it. Our Scoop Ice Creams are Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry, Mint Chocolate, Bubblegum and Lemon, for guests who would like something other than soft serve.
Related terms
- GelatoGelato is Italian-style ice cream, usually made with more milk than cream and churned with less air, so it tastes dense and intense.
- Soft serveSoft serve is ice cream frozen and whipped to order in a machine, then piped straight into a cone or tub. It is softer and lighter than scooped ice cream.
- ConservatorA conservator is the trade name for an ice cream freezer used to store and display frozen products such as lollies, tubs and scooping ice cream.
- Cross-contaminationCross-contamination is when bacteria or allergens pass from one food, surface or utensil to another. At a van it usually happens through shared tools.
- The full glossary54 terms, from soft serve to street trading licences.
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