By Application Type

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Tailored Thermal Processing for Every Product Profile

ICEGEN technologies are engineered to adapt—not just to industries, but to the real-world characteristics of your product. Whether you work with chunky sauces, dense emulsions, frozen slurries, or highly sensitive fluids, ICEGEN offers a solution that meets your exact application requirements with consistency, precision, and speed. Explore our solutions by application type below.

Particulate Products
Products with visible solids or suspended particles require gentle handling to avoid breakage or separation. ICEGEN systems use low-shear scraping and even thermal distribution to protect integrity while ensuring uniform heating or cooling.

Ideal for:

  • Fruit preparations with chunks or seeds
  • Soups and stews with vegetables or protein bits
  • Salsas and condiments with solid inclusions
  • Pet food slurries with fibrous ingredients
  • Yogurt with fruit blends

Benefits:

  • Maintains product structure
  • Avoids settling or stratification
  • Ensures even thermal treatment

Viscous Products
Highly viscous products are difficult to pump, cool, or heat uniformly—often causing hotspots, sticking, or inconsistent output. ICEGEN’s scraped surface design excels at handling thick, sticky fluids with minimal energy and superior control.

Ideal for:

  • Tomato paste, hummus and sauces
  • Caramel, dairy desserts, and custards
  • Meat paste (MDM)
  • Meat emulsions and pâtés
  • Bakery fillings and icings
  • Protein-rich and starch-heavy pastes

Benefits:

  • Fast heat transfer through continuous surface renewal
  • No burn-on or clogging
  • Smooth flow even at high viscosity

Frozen Products
ICEGEN Crystallizers are purpose-built to form controlled microcrystals inside fluid products—ideal for applications where freezing is a preservation step, but structure and freshness must be preserved.

Ideal for:

  • Frozen fruit juices and purees
  • Concentrated vegetable bases
  • Dairy-based frozen desserts
  • Process slurries for ice pigging or cooling systems

Benefits:

  • Eliminates deep-freezing post packaging
  • Reduces energy consumption
  • Preserves natural color, aroma, and nutrients

Heat-Sensitive Products
Many high-value food and pharmaceutical products degrade when exposed to excessive heat. ICEGEN technology offers precise temperature control and short residence times, ensuring gentle treatment without compromising safety or performance.

Ideal for:

  • Egg-based mixtures
  • Fruit jams and marmalades
  • Chocolate-based or sugar-rich blends
  • Dairy and custard fillings
  • Active ingredient suspensions (e.g., nutraceuticals)

Benefits:

  • Avoids caramelization or protein denaturation
  • Preserves functional and nutritional properties
  • Consistent, repeatable results

Whether your product flows, resists, clumps, or chills—ICEGEN adapts to your process with purpose-built solutions.

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FAQs

1. What is IceGen's core technology?

IceGen specializes in industrial slurry ice generation — producing micro‑ice crystals suspended in water using plate heat exchangers and a rotary scraper. Their systems range from 2 to 120 tons of ice daily and operate at a saturated suction temperature of –11 °C.

2. Why use slurry ice instead of conventional ice?

Slurry ice offers several cooling advantages:
- Faster chilling and more uniform contact with products
- Maintains consistent temperature while absorbing heat
- Gentler (no sharp edges), safe for delicate items
- Can be pumped and recirculated, reducing handling costs

3. What industries benefit from IceGen systems?

Ideal for any industry needing efficient chilling: seafood and fish processing, beverages, liquid foods, and perishable product preservation — especially where gentle and rapid cooling is critical.

4. What are the structural advantages of IceGen equipment?

- Constructed from 316 stainless steel
- Modular plate heat exchanger design — compact footprint
- Simple controls, low refrigerant volume, robust and maintenance‑friendly

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