6. Conclusion

Frozen dessert packaging plays a central role, since top-of-the-range products are strongly influenced by consumer impulse buying mechanisms. What's more, frozen desserts are "pleasure" products par excellence, whose containers must play a key role in their visual appeal. The formulations for each type of product call on a multitude of ingredients, with numerous specificities, in terms of fats, sugars, proteins, texturizers, flavors, with or without coloring, sugar-free but with salt, vegan type, etc. The use of input databases and calculation software to balance formulas is essential for manufacturers. Within the company, quality controls cover raw materials, the manufacturing process and finished products. However, alongside these routine controls, research is pursuing its investigations with increasingly sophisticated analyses and observations. In addition to conventional microscopic...