2021 Ice Cream Clinic and Competiton's NICRA offers members two opportunities to put their products to the test! Our Ice Cream clinic and Best New Flavor Competitions give store owners a chance to Test your food safety practices, manufacturing practices and the quality of your ingredients Earn national recognition for your products and your business Seek continued improvement to your products and manufacturing procedures Learn from experts in the ice cream manufacturing industry Differentiate yourself from your competitors Promote your ice cream shop as a National Award Winning Ice Cream Producer This year we are excited to announce updates to the Ice Cream Clinic and Competition process and judging. This year products will be tested by Cornell's renowned Dairy Extension Team. This Team will include: Kim Bukowski –Dairy Extension Team Leader, and former Ice Cream Shop owner. Alina Stelick –Sensory Evaluation Center Manager, leading the professionally trained group of panelists to evaluate your every scoop.
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Deanna Simons - Quality Manager & Academic Programs Coordinator for the Cornell Dairy Plant and judge of the famous Cornell undergraduate Food Science 1101 Ice Cream Competition. Dr. Nicole Martin – Associate Director of the Milk Quality Improvement Program and Ice Cream Afficionado. Dr. Sam Alcaine – Assistant Professor, and previous R&D Food Safety lead for Unilever’s North American Ice Cream Business.
Ice Cream Clinic The Ice Cream Clinic offers NICRA members who manufacture ice cream the opportunity to have their Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry products tested in accordance with FDA food safety standards and then scored for quality by Cornell’s renowned Dairy Extension Team. Each flavor is scored in six categories with 43 total points available. Vanilla, Chocolate or Strawberry soft serve, gelato, frozen custard and frozen yogurt may be entered into the Ice Cream Clinic. However, the sensory testing and scoring for all samples will be judged using the standards for hard ice cream, since there are no standards for judging these other products.
